Top 5 Horror Games Surge in France Q4 2020

As the year 2020 came to a close, the horror game genre witnessed some intriguing trends in France, according to data from Sensor Tower. Let’s take a look at the performance of the top five horror games on the unified platform during the fourth quarter.

Identity V, published by NetEase Games, showed a significant spike in revenue during the first week of December, reaching approximately $12K. Downloads peaked in early November with over 1K, while weekly active users hovered around 10K throughout the quarter, with a high of around 11K in mid-December.

Dead by Daylight Mobile, from Behaviour Interactive Inc., also experienced revenue growth towards the end of the quarter, with a rise to $665. The game's downloads saw an upswing in late December, reaching over 3K, and weekly active users increased from around 5K at the start of the quarter to approximately 6.5K by the end.

Illumix, Inc.'s Five Nights at Freddy's AR had a notable revenue jump to over $1K in the week leading up to Christmas. The game's downloads saw a massive surge in late October, reaching nearly 6K, and weekly active users peaked at around 18K in mid-November before settling closer to 9K by the end of December.

tinyBuild LLC's Hello Neighbor showed consistent revenue throughout the quarter, ending at $390 in the last week of December. The game experienced a sharp increase in downloads to over 11K towards the end of the quarter, with weekly active users reflecting a similar upward trend, peaking at over 43K in the same period.

Lastly, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe's Very Little Nightmares saw its revenue rise to $865 in the third week of November. Download numbers for the game remained relatively low compared to others on the list but peaked at 334 in the same week as the revenue high. Active user trends are not available for this title.

For more detailed insights on the performance of these games and others within the app market, Sensor Tower provides comprehensive data and analysis.