Top 5 Match 3 Games on iOS in the Middle East: Q3 2025 Performance

In the third quarter of 2025, the Match 3 games category on iOS in the Middle East saw significant activity, with Goods Puzzle: Sort Challenge, Royal Kingdom, Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story, Candy Crush Saga, and Royal Match leading the charts.

Goods Puzzle: Sort Challenge

Published by ONESOFT GLOBAL PTE. LTD., this game showed a steady decline in weekly revenue from approximately $7.9K at the start of July to $3.9K by the end of September. Weekly downloads peaked at 40K in early July, later decreasing to around 27.7K towards the end of the quarter. Weekly active users remained relatively stable, hovering around 150K.

Royal Kingdom

Dream Games' offering maintained a robust weekly revenue, peaking at $81.5K in late July. Downloads, however, saw a downward trend, starting at 31.3K in early July and dropping to 9.2K by the end of September. Active users fluctuated, reaching a high of 147.5K in late August before stabilizing around 126.7K.

Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story

This title from Microfun Limited experienced a strong revenue performance, starting at $171K and ending at $205.5K. Downloads declined from 26.3K in early July to 9.4K at the end of September. Active users remained high, peaking at 284K mid-quarter.

Candy Crush Saga

King's classic game showed consistent revenue, peaking at $212.5K in the last week of September. Weekly downloads were stable, ranging from 14.5K to 16.6K, while active users peaked at 231.9K in early September.

Royal Match

Also from Dream Games, this game saw a peak revenue of $697.8K in early July, with a gradual decline to $506.2K by the end of the quarter. Downloads dropped from 23.9K to 7.4K, and active users decreased from 480K to 391.6K by the end of September.

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