Survival Games Thrive in Australia's Android Market: Q4 2020 Insights

The survival game genre maintained its popularity on the Android platform in Australia during the fourth quarter of 2020. Sensor Tower's comprehensive data offers a look into how these games fared in terms of downloads, revenue, and active users.

Last Day on Earth: Survival, a title from Russian publisher KEFIR, showed a noticeable uptick in weekly downloads, reaching a peak of 1.2K in the last week of December. Weekly active users also rose from 4.5K at the start of the quarter to 5.1K by the end. Revenue followed a similar upward trend, with a notable jump to $8.4K in the final week of 2020.

Another title from NetEase Games, Identity V, experienced a significant surge in revenue, particularly in early December, hitting $10.7K. Downloads hovered around the low hundreds weekly, while active users showed a slight decline from 2.1K to 2.2K by year's end.

KEFIR's newer offering, Frostborn: Action RPG, which was released in October 2020, had a strong start. The game's revenue increased from $762 to $2.3K by the end of the quarter. Downloads saw an initial spike post-launch, but then stabilized, with weekly active users peaking at 1.3K in December.

Royal Ark's Dawn of Zombies: Survival Game saw fluctuating revenue throughout the quarter, with a peak of $1.6K in the third week of December. Downloads remained fairly consistent, with a slight increase to 191 by the end of December. Active users showed a modest increase from 610 to 429 over the quarter.

Lastly, Grim Soul: Dark Survival RPG by Brickworks Games Ltd, displayed a steady revenue pattern, with a notable rise to $1.1K in the final week. Downloads were relatively stable, with a slight increase to 195 in the last two weeks. The game's active users saw a gradual decline but remained above 1.4K at the quarter's end.

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