UK's Top Platformer Android Games in Q1 2021: An Overview

In the first quarter of 2021, the platformer game category on Android devices saw various trends in the UK, according to Sensor Tower data. Here's a look at how the top five games performed.

Sonic Forces - Running Game by SEGA experienced fluctuating revenue, peaking at $2.6M in late March. Downloads steadily decreased from 6.2K in early February to 5.7K by the end of March, while weekly active users (WAU) saw a slight drop from 49.8K in late January to around 49.7K in late March.

Nintendo's Super Mario Run saw a decline in revenue from $2.5K at the end of December to $1.5K at the end of March. The game's downloads decreased from 7.6K to 4.5K in the same period, and WAU also saw a downward trend from 30.5K to 25.6K.

Subway Surfers from SYBO Games showed an increase in revenue with a significant spike to $3.3M in early February, followed by a general downward trend to $1.6M by the end of March. Downloads remained relatively stable, hovering around 15K to 19K, while WAU impressively grew from 222.7K at the end of December to 245.4K by the end of March.

King's Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! launched on March 23rd and saw an explosive start with $21.8M in revenue and 86.9K in downloads by the end of the month. WAU reached 328.6K in just one week after the release.

Lastly, CookieRun: OvenBreak by Devsisters Corporation showed a revenue increase from $1.1M at the end of December to $2.3M by the end of March. The game's downloads saw a peak of 2.4K in early February but decreased to 710 by the end of March. WAU saw a peak of 5.4K in early February, with a slight decline to 4.1K by the end of March.

For more insights into the performance of platformer games on the Android platform in the UK, Sensor Tower provides in-depth data and analysis.