AI Insights · Timothy · January 2026
Top 5 City Building Games on Android in New Zealand, Q4 2025
Explore the performance of the top 5 city building games on Android in New Zealand during Q4 2025, highlighting trends in downloads, revenue, and active users.
The fourth quarter of 2025 saw an intriguing performance from the top city building games on the Android platform in New Zealand. Here's a closer look at how each app fared during this period, based on data from Sensor Tower.
State Connect: Traffic Control from CASUAL AZUR GAMES experienced fluctuating weekly downloads, peaking at 653 in late October. Revenue also varied, reaching a high of $44 in early November. Active users saw a notable increase, rising from 375 at the start of the quarter to 482 by the end of December.
Fate War by IGG.COM showed a steady increase in weekly revenue, topping out at approximately $682 in early December. Downloads saw a resurgence towards the end of the quarter, with numbers climbing back to 367 by mid-December. Active users followed a similar upward trend, ending the quarter with 618 users.
Idle Cult Empire - Evil Tycoon from Lion Studios Plus showed significant growth in weekly revenue, reaching $209 in the week of December 22. Downloads also surged, particularly in December, peaking at 600. Active users were recorded at 420 in the same period.
Puzzles & Chaos: Frozen Castle by 37GAMES maintained a robust weekly revenue, peaking at $2.5K in mid-October. Despite modest download numbers, active users steadily increased, concluding the quarter with 609.
Finally, Idle Tribe: Merge Circle Town by VNGGames Studios showed a decline in weekly downloads, with numbers dropping to 53 by the end of December. Revenue followed a similar downward trend, while active users remained relatively stable, closing the quarter at 131.
For more detailed insights and data, visit Sensor Tower.
