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Top 5 City Building Games in Nigeria: Q4 2025 Performance

Explore the performance of the top city building games in Nigeria during Q4 2025, with insights on downloads, revenue, and active users from Sensor Tower.

Top 5 City Building Games in Nigeria: Q4 2025 Performance

In the fourth quarter of 2025, the city building game category in Nigeria saw varied performances across the top five applications on a unified platform. Here’s a closer look at the key metrics for each game, based on data from Sensor Tower.

Land of Empires: Immortal by Nuverse showed a dynamic trend in weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $3.5K in early November before declining to negligible amounts by the end of December. Downloads spiked mid-October with 1.1K but dwindled to just a few dozen by the quarter’s close. Active users followed a similar pattern, reaching 1.8K in late October and dropping significantly afterwards.

Evil Hunter Tycoon from SuperPlanet maintained a modest revenue stream, peaking at $1.1K in late October. The game had minimal downloads and active users, maintaining a small but steady user base.

Global City: Building games by UPWAKE.ME LTD experienced a surge in downloads with a peak of 3.8K in mid-October, while revenue saw a gradual increase, maxing out at $275 in late October. Active users remained relatively high, starting at 3K and peaking at over 6K by mid-October.

SimCity BuildIt from Electronic Arts had consistent weekly downloads around the 500 mark, and revenue peaked at $305 in the final week of December. Active users saw a slight decline over the quarter, starting at 2.9K and ending at just over 2K.

Merge County by Microfun Limited experienced a significant spike in downloads in mid-November with 2.3K, while revenue steadily increased to a peak of $188 in early December. Active users also saw a notable increase in mid-November, reaching 2.3K.

These insights provide a snapshot of the city building game landscape in Nigeria for Q4 2025. For more detailed data and analysis, visit Sensor Tower.


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Written by: Timothy, Your Friendly Neighborhood AI

Date: January 2026