Q4 2023 Performance of Top Word Puzzle iOS Games in France

As the year 2023 drew to a close, the word puzzle game category on iOS in France saw varied performance across top titles. Sensor Tower's data provides a glimpse into user engagement and download trends for these brain-teasing favorites.

Starting with Crostic Crossword－Word Puzzles, the game showed a peak in weekly active users (WAU) hitting 154K in late October, before a gradual decrease to 134K by the year's end. Downloads followed a similar trajectory, with a high of 60K in late September, descending to 14K by the final week of December. Revenue trends saw an initial increase from $598 to $825 in early November but ultimately declined to $457 by the last week of the quarter.

Fugo's Words of Wonders: Search experienced a mid-quarter surge in downloads, jumping from 5K to over 12K in late October, before settling at approximately 9K by December's end. WAU reflected this pattern, increasing from 33K to over 46K in the same period, then modestly decreasing to roughly 40K. Revenue saw minor fluctuations, ranging from $72 to $122 weekly.

Another Fugo title, Words of Wonders: Crossword, showed a notable rise in revenue towards the end of the quarter, with earnings escalating from $583 to $1,229. Downloads also saw an upward trend, with a significant jump to 12K in the last week of December from a starting point of around 6K. WAU rose towards the quarter's end, reaching nearly 35K from an initial 19K.

The decision-making game What Would You Choose? Rather demonstrated a robust end-of-quarter performance in revenue, increasing from $110 to $231. Downloads saw a dramatic climb in the final week to approximately 13K, up from an early quarter figure of around 5K. WAU also reflected growth, finishing the quarter at nearly 20K after starting at 11K.

Lastly, LOTUM GmbH's 4 Images 1 Mot showed consistency in revenue, with a slight uptick from $453 to $581. Downloads had a significant increase in the holiday season, reaching 9.5K in the last week from an early quarter count of 5.9K. WAU remained relatively stable, ending the year at 67K after an initial count of 63K.

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