Q1 2021 Performance of Top City Building Games on Android in the UK

As the first quarter of 2021 wraps up, it's clear that city-building games continue to captivate players on the Android platform in the United Kingdom. Data provided by Sensor Tower offers a glance at how the top five games in this genre have fared in terms of downloads, revenue, and weekly active users.

Starting with SimCity BuildIt, the title from ELECTRONIC ARTS saw downloads starting at 3K and dipping to 1K by the end of the quarter. Weekly active users showed a similar trend, beginning at 46K and decreasing to 38K. Revenue trends fluctuated, peaking at $26K in the first week and closing the quarter at $20K.

ELECTRONIC ARTS's other popular title, The Simpsons™: Tapped Out, experienced a revenue trend that started at $17K and saw a dip to $9K by the end of Q1. Downloads saw a peak at 2K in mid-quarter before settling at 2K. The game maintained a fairly consistent number of weekly active users, starting at 54K and slightly dropping to 54K.

Trailer Park Boys:Greasy Money, by East Side Games Studio, showed a revenue trend starting at $14K and ending at $10K. Downloads for the game declined from 978 to 27, and weekly active users also saw a decrease from 4K to 3K over the quarter.

Game Insight's title, The Tribez: Build a Village, had a more positive revenue trend, starting at $5K and increasing to $7K. Downloads varied throughout the quarter, with a notable absence of data for one week, but ended on a high note at 1K. Weekly active users saw an upward trend from 1K in the beginning to 2K by the end of Q1.

Lastly, Megapolis: City Building Sim by Social Quantum Ltd experienced a revenue trend that began at $4K and rose to $4K. Downloads saw a decrease from 2K to 737, while weekly active users showed a decline from 3K to 2K.

For more detailed insights and data on the performance of these city-building games and others within the mobile app landscape, Sensor Tower's comprehensive analysis tools offer extensive market intelligence.