Top Sandbox Games on iOS in New Zealand: Q1 2025 Performance

In the first quarter of 2025, the sandbox game category on iOS in New Zealand presented varied performance trends across the top 5 applications. Here's a closer look at how these games fared in terms of downloads, revenue, and active users based on data from Sensor Tower.

Roblox by Roblox Corporation saw a fluctuating trend in weekly revenue, starting at around $62.7K at the beginning of January and declining significantly to approximately $1.6K by the end of March. Weekly downloads also experienced a gradual decline from 4.8K to about 2.7K. Meanwhile, weekly active users began at 104.9K, dropping to 87.1K by the end of the quarter.

Block Craft 3D: Building Games from Wildlife Studios exhibited a modest revenue increase towards the end of the quarter, reaching $130 in early March. Weekly downloads remained relatively stable, fluctuating between 237 and 487. The active user count showed a slight decrease from 896 to 797 over the quarter.

Minecraft: Dream it, Build it!, developed by Mojang, maintained a steady revenue stream with a peak of $8.3K in the last week of March. Downloads remained consistent, hovering around 300 to 372 per week. Active users slightly increased from 5.7K to 5.9K by the quarter's end.

Melon: Sandbox by Payge Ltd showed a peak in revenue of $338 in early March, with downloads decreasing from 404 to 224. Active users slightly increased from 9.1K to 9.2K towards the end of the quarter.

Finally, Rooms had no revenue data available but showed a varied download trend, starting with 657 downloads and dropping to 188 by the end of March. Active users increased from 1.8K to 2.2K throughout the quarter.

For more detailed insights and data, visit Sensor Tower's platform.