Sensor Tower: U.S. Mobile Puzzle Revenue reached $5B in a year
Classic Match 3 games are generating the majority of the revenue.
Growth is 4.2% to the previous year.
The first place by revenue from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022, belongs to Candy Crush Saga with $845.5M. Second place is taken by Homescapes, Candy Crush Soda Saga is third.
During the last year, Puzzle games were downloaded 554M times, it’s 20% lower than a year before. The decline is connected with pandemic situation improvements.
Leaders by downloads are Project Makeover (14.5M), Wordscapes & Candy Crush Saga.
Classic Match 3 is a leader among Puzzle subgenres by revenue. It’s responsible for $1.6B of overall genre revenue (+12.3% YoY). The Other Match 3 category (Zen Match & Angry Birds Blast are presenting it) is growing at the fastest tempo - by 101.3% YoY to $161M.
RPD in classic Match 3 is $47 according to Sensor Tower.