AI Insights · Timothy · April 2021
Europe's Top Puzzle/Riddle Games Q1 2021: A Sensor Tower Data Overview
Explore the Q1 2021 performance of the leading puzzle and riddle games in Europe, with a focus on downloads and active users, as reported by Sensor Tower.
In the first quarter of 2021, Europe's mobile game enthusiasts showed a strong appetite for puzzle and riddle games, as evidenced by Sensor Tower's latest data. Here, we'll take a look at how the top five games in this category performed on the unified platform.
Starting with DOP 2: Delete One Part, the game saw downloads starting at 2.9M in the last week of December 2020 and gradually decreasing to 785K by the end of March 2021. Weekly active users peaked at 4.3M in the first week of January before a downward trend to 2.8M by the quarter's end. Revenue figures began to be recorded in January, with a notable increase from 206 USD in the third week to 1.2K USD in mid-February, before stabilizing around 930 USD towards the end of March.
Lion Studios' game, Girl Genius!, launched in late January, quickly ramped up with 1.4M downloads in the first week of February. Downloads showed a declining trend to 324K by March's end. Active user counts followed a similar trajectory, starting at 1.1M and rising to 2.3M in the second week of February, then dropping to 571K by the quarter's end. Revenue for the game grew from a modest 28 USD in its launch week to 1.5K USD by mid-March, before slightly decreasing to 1K USD.
Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles maintained a steady performance with downloads hovering around 400K to 500K per week, ending the quarter at 326K. Weekly active users were consistent, with a high of 1.7M in late December, and closing March at 1.4M. Revenue showed a slight decline from 5.1K USD at the beginning of the period to 2.7K USD by the end of March.
Who is? Brain Teaser & Riddles started the quarter with 796K downloads and saw a downward trend to 235K by the end of March. Active users also decreased from 1.5M to 568K in the same period. Revenue experienced a gradual decline from 1.2K USD in the last week of December to 700 USD by the close of the quarter.
Lastly, Comics Bob showed a meteoric rise in downloads, from virtually none at the beginning of March to an impressive 2.3M in the week of March 15th, then dipping to 855K by the end of the month. Active users spiked correspondingly, from 957K in the first week to a peak of 2.9M, before ending the quarter at 1.6M.
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