The State of Tabletop Board Games on Android in Brazil: Q4 2020

The final quarter of 2020 showed interesting movements in the tabletop board game category for Android users in Brazil. Insights from Sensor Tower point to how these games performed in terms of downloads, revenue, and active users.

Chess - Play and Learn from Chess.com experienced a notable uptick across all metrics. Downloads escalated from around 6K in the last week of September to over 51K by the end of December. Revenue followed a similar trajectory, starting at $788 USD in late September and peaking at nearly $5.6K USD in the last week of December. Weekly active users rose steadily from approximately 67K to 176K in the same period.

Moonfrog's Ludo Club - Dice & Board Game saw a fluctuation in downloads, beginning at 68K and peaking at 61K in the last week of December. Revenue showed a mixed trend with a peak at $1.4K USD in early October, dipping to below $1K USD, and then closing the quarter at $1.2K USD. Weekly active users declined from 167K to 95K by the end of Q4.

Backgammon - Lord of the Board by Beach Bum Ltd. had a slow start with no downloads recorded at the quarter's onset, but ended with 227 downloads in the final week. Revenue saw a significant increase from $793 USD to over $4.2K USD. Active users showed a modest increase from around 1.4K to 3.7K.

Gameberry Labs' Parchisi STAR Online maintained a consistent download count, hovering around 10K to 11K throughout the quarter. Revenue saw highs and lows, starting at $28 USD, spiking to $489 USD in mid-October, and ending at $68 USD in the final week. Weekly active users remained stable, with a slight decrease from 332K to 317K.

Lastly, Marmalade Game Studio's MONOPOLY had modest download numbers, starting at 20 and significantly jumping to over 5K in the third week of November, then settling at 190 by year-end. Revenue spiked in late November, reaching $564 USD, and ended at $50 USD. Active users saw a substantial increase from 94 to over 7.5K in late November, then stabilizing at 1.2K.

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