The State of Simulation and Adventure Games on Android in Europe: Q4 2020 Insights

The final quarter of 2020 saw varied performance among the top Simulation/Adventure games on Android in Europe. In this overview, we present the data trends for the top five applications in this category, as provided by Sensor Tower.

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery by Jam City, Inc. saw its revenue fluctuate around the $280K mark, with a peak in the first week of November at roughly $298K. Downloads started strong at approximately 219K in the first week of October but gradually decreased to around 73K by the end of November, with a slight rise to 125K in the last week of December. Weekly active users showed a downward trend from 1.2M at the start of the quarter to just under 1M in late November, before rebounding to 1.17M by year's end.

NANOBIT's Hollywood Story®: Fashion Star, hailing from Croatia, experienced a steady revenue with a slight uptick towards the end of December, reaching nearly $60K. Downloads peaked early in October at around 69K but saw a decline to 24K in early December, before recovering to nearly 40K in the final week. The game's weekly active users decreased from 495K in early October to 410K in the last week of December.

Nintendo Co., Ltd.'s Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp showed revenue hovering around $30K for most weeks, with notable peaks in late October and late December. Downloads remained relatively stable, with a high of 38K in mid-October and ending the quarter at around 39K. Active users started at 324K, dipped to 262K in early December, and ended slightly up at 317K.

Glu's Kim Kardashian: Hollywood had a consistent revenue in the low $20K range, with a peak of $28K in mid-October. Downloads saw a significant spike to over 14K in mid-November from just 1.7K at the beginning of the quarter. Weekly active users peaked at 20K in late November, a modest increase from the start of the quarter.

Lastly, PK XD: Fun, friends & games by Afterverse Games, observed a notable increase in revenue from $15K to $24K by the end of December. Downloads showed an upward trend, starting at 169K and climbing to over 250K. Weekly active users reflected this growth, starting at 1.5M and reaching 1.7M by the close of the quarter.

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