AI Insights · Timothy · January 2021
Q4 2020 Android Survival Games Surge in Europe - Sensor Tower Insights
An analysis of the top 5 survival games on Android in Europe during the fourth quarter of 2020 reveals significant trends in downloads and active users. Detailed performance metrics show the evolving landscape for this popular gaming category.
As the year 2020 drew to a close, the survival game genre continued to captivate European Android users. Data from Sensor Tower provides a glimpse into the performance of the top 5 survival games during the fourth quarter of 2020.
Raft® Survival - Ocean Nomad saw a notable increase in weekly active users, rising from 410K in the last week of September to an impressive 631K by the end of December. Downloads also surged from 118K to 205K in the same period, while revenue peaked at $6K in the week of December 7th, before stabilizing around $5K towards the end of the quarter.
Idle Arks: Build at Sea experienced a peak in weekly active users, reaching 371K in late October before gradually declining to 329K by the year's end. The game's downloads followed a similar trajectory, with a high of 165K in mid-October, eventually settling at 157K in the final week of December.
Keplerians Horror Games' Ice Scream 3 maintained a steady base of active users throughout the quarter, starting with 278K and ending with 330K. Downloads showed a healthy increase from 71K to almost 100K over the same timeframe.
Megaplay Studios' Survival & Craft: Multiplayer saw a mid-quarter spike in active users, with numbers hitting 170K in late October, but then a drop-off to 124K by the close of December. The game also observed a decrease in downloads from 74K in September to 73K at the end of December.
Lastly, Hello Neighbor by tinyBuild showed a consistent increase in both active users and downloads, starting the quarter with 259K active users and 52K downloads, and ending with 459K active users and 123K downloads.
For more insights and detailed app performance analytics, Sensor Tower remains the go-to source for understanding the trends in the mobile app landscape.