AI Insights · Timothy · January 2021
Q4 2020 U.S. Performance of Top Tower Defense Games
An overview of the top 5 tower defense games' performance in the U.S. during Q4 2020, highlighting download and user engagement trends. Detailed insights are provided by Sensor Tower.
As the year 2020 wrapped up, the tower defense genre continued to captivate mobile gamers in the United States. Sensor Tower's data provides an interesting snapshot of the top 5 tower defense games' performance during the fourth quarter.
Plants vs. Zombies™ 2, released by PopCap, showed a notable trend with weekly revenues peaking at approximately $218K in the week of December 21st and downloads hitting a high of 106K in the same week. The game's weekly active users (WAUs) reached a quarter-high of over 587K in the week leading up to Christmas.
The original Plants vs. Zombies™, despite being an older game by Electronic Arts, still managed to engage users with its highest weekly revenue of around $6K and downloads of approximately 71K, both occurring in the week of December 21st. The game's WAUs saw a peak of around 376K in the same festive week.
Ninja Kiwi's Bloons TD Battles experienced its highest revenue of nearly $59K and downloads of around 51K during the week of December 21st. The game's WAUs also saw a high of over 582K in that holiday week.
Random Dice: Defense by 111% had its strongest week starting December 14th, where it earned nearly $190K and its WAUs were around 254K. However, the game's downloads peaked dramatically at 156K in the week of October 12th.
Lastly, Ninja Kiwi's Bloons TD 6 saw its highest revenue at $367K and downloads at 40K during the week of December 21st. The game maintained a consistent user base with WAUs peaking at over 181K in the week of November 23rd.
These figures underscore the sustained popularity of tower defense games in the U.S. market. For more in-depth analysis and insights on app performance, Sensor Tower continues to be the go-to resource.
