Europe's Top 5 Basketball Games Show Varied Performance in Q4 2020

As the fourth quarter of 2020 wrapped up, the basketball gaming category on mobile devices saw varied performances across the top titles in Europe. Insights from Sensor Tower provide a closer look at how these games fared in terms of downloads, revenue, and weekly active users.

NBA LIVE Mobile Basketball, published by Electronic Arts, showed a consistent decrease in weekly revenue from $30K to $26K over the quarter, while downloads peaked at 58K in mid-October before settling down to 43K by the end of December. The game's weekly active users saw a slight decline from 987K to 923K.

Conversely, NBA 2K Mobile Basketball Game by 2K exhibited more stability in revenue, maintaining around $21K towards the end of the quarter, with a slight increase in downloads from 16K to 25K. The weekly active users fluctuated, peaking at 88K in mid-October and then slightly dropping to 76K by the end of December.

For SLAM DUNK from TV Animation, the revenue data shows an initial absence, followed by a significant jump to $61K in the week before Christmas. Downloads for the game had an explosive start with 100K in late November, but then sharply decreased to 2K by the end of December. Active users mirrored this trend, starting at 76K and falling to 11K.

MASOMO LIMITED's Basketball Arena - Sports Game had a remarkable quarter with revenue soaring from $11K to $53K. Downloads showed an impressive leap from 109K in mid-December to 605K during the week of Christmas, alongside a significant rise in weekly active users from 192K to over 1M.

Lastly, Basketball Stars™: Multiplayer by Miniclip.com saw a steady revenue decline from $10K to $6.5K, with downloads ranging around 46K to 54K. The game maintained a consistent base of weekly active users, starting the quarter at 270K and ending it with 223K.

For more detailed insights and analysis on the performance of these and other applications, Sensor Tower's full suite of tools offers in-depth data and trends.