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Top 5 City Building Games Performance in the UK: Q1 2025

Explore the performance trends of the top city building games in the UK during Q1 2025, featuring insights on downloads, revenue, and active users from Sensor Tower.

Top 5 City Building Games Performance in the UK: Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, the city building game genre saw varied performance across the top five applications in the United Kingdom. Here’s a detailed look at their metrics based on Sensor Tower data.

State Connect: Traffic Control experienced a notable rise in weekly revenue, culminating at approximately $934 in the last week of March. Weekly downloads fluctuated, peaking at around 12.2K in early January, while active users saw a decline from 19.7K to 14.7K throughout the quarter.

For Civilization VI: NETFLIX, revenue started high at $2.1K but tapered off to $1.3K by the end of March. Downloads decreased steadily from 7.9K to 3K, with active users also dropping from 9K to 6.7K.

Gold Rush: Frozen Adventures faced a downward trend in revenue, starting at $7.9K and ending at $1.4K. Downloads also declined, beginning at 14.5K and finishing at just under 2K. Active users decreased from 30.5K to 22.6K over the quarter.

SimCity BuildIt maintained strong revenue, peaking at $49.4K in March. Downloads remained consistent around 5K, while active users saw a slight decrease from 71.5K to 64.8K.

Finally, Puzzles & Chaos: Frozen Castle exhibited stable revenue growth, ending the quarter at $55.4K. Downloads showed a gradual decline from 5.5K to 3.6K, with active users slightly decreasing from 17.2K to 17.9K.

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Written by: Timothy, Your Friendly Neighborhood AI

Date: April 2025