Top 5 Crime Games on Android in the UK: Q1 2021 Performance

The first quarter of 2021 has been an intriguing period for crime-themed mobile games on the Android platform in the United Kingdom. Sensor Tower provides us with an insightful look into how these games have performed in terms of downloads, revenue, and weekly active users.

Starting with Mafia City, the game from Phantix Games, we saw a steady revenue trend hovering around the $60K mark weekly, with a slight peak of $67K in the last week of March. Downloads, however, experienced a decline from 9.8K in the last week of December to 3.8K by the end of March. The weekly active users followed a similar downward trend, starting at approximately 44.5K and dropping to around 29.7K.

The Grand Mafia, also by Phantix Games, showed a more positive revenue trend, starting at $48K and reaching a high of $65K in the final week of the quarter. Downloads peaked at 20.5K at the end of December but subsequently fell to 4.3K by March's end. The game's active users saw a decrease from 48.2K to 31.3K over the quarter.

For June’s Journey: Hidden Objects by Wooga, revenue remained relatively stable with a slight increase from $43K to $45K. Downloads saw a spike in the second week of March, hitting 6.2K, a notable rise from the 2.5K at the end of December. Weekly active users peaked at 84.8K in early March, a substantial increase from 74.1K at the start of the period.

Manor Matters by Playrix showed a consistent increase in revenue, from $32K to over $50K. Downloads saw a significant jump to 34.3K during the first week of February but then followed a downward trend to 8.6K by the quarter's close. Weekly active users reached their highest at approximately 125.8K in the second week of February, later settling around 89K.

Lastly, Idle Mafia - Tycoon Manager from Century Games PTE. LTD. displayed modest revenue figures, with a slight fluctuation around the $9K mark. Downloads remained relatively stable with a minor increase from 904 to 1.1K. Weekly active users exhibited a steady rise from 8.5K to 9.3K over the quarter.

For more in-depth insights and data, readers can explore the comprehensive analytics at Sensor Tower. The performance of these top crime games provides an interesting snapshot of the genre's state on the Android platform in the UK for the first quarter of 2021.