Q4 2020 US Android Market: Top City Building Games Performance

As the year 2020 came to a close, the city building genre remained a popular choice for mobile gamers in the United States. Sensor Tower's data provides a glimpse into how these games fared on the Android platform during the fourth quarter. Here we delve into the performance of five notable titles in this category.

My Town - Build a City Life saw a significant spike in downloads, reaching as high as 26K in the week leading up to Christmas. Weekly active users followed a similar trend, peaking at around 26K in the same period. The game's revenue also experienced a substantial climb, with its highest point at nearly $500K in the week before Christmas.

ELECTRONIC ARTS' SimCity BuildIt maintained a steady performance in terms of revenue, ending the year with a notable increase to over $200K in the last week of December. The game's downloads saw modest fluctuations but ended with around 12K in the final week. Weekly active users remained stable, hovering just below 100K by year-end.

Idle Light City: Clicker Games from AppQuantum presented a mixed bag, with revenue starting at over $3K and ending the quarter with around $3K. Downloads began at just under 10K and saw an upswing to over 12K in the final week. The game's weekly active users started strong at 29K but experienced a dip before recovering to approximately 33K by the end of December.

The iconic The Simpsons™: Tapped Out showcased a revenue pattern with a remarkable peak at $163K in mid-November. Downloads remained fairly consistent, with a slight uptick to 4K in the last week of the year. Weekly active users for this beloved title stayed above 90K for the majority of the quarter.

Lastly, Idle Egypt Tycoon: Empire Game from Neon Play exhibited a downward trend in revenue, starting the quarter at over $1K and dipping to below $100 by the end. The game's downloads and weekly active users also declined, ending the quarter with around 2K downloads and 5.5K active users.

For more in-depth insights on the performance of these games and others in the mobile market, Sensor Tower offers detailed analytics and expert analysis.