Mobile Game Downloads Grew 20 Percent Amidst Coronavirus Lockdown

With lockdowns and social distancing practices beyond the globe, people are turning to games to continue themselves entertained. Mobile game downloads witnessed a 20 percent year over year growth in the first quarter of 2020, according to market analytics platform App Annie. The business firm besides noted a thirty percent increase in downloads when compared to the last quarter.

According to App Annie, mobile users downloaded over xiii billion games across the Google Play Store and App Store. Google Play Store deemed for almost 10 billion downloads whereas almost 3 billion downloads came from the App Store.

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Notably, the most number of downloads on Google Play came from India and Brazil. The height genres were Puzzle, Simulation, and Action. On App Store, China and the US witnessed the surge in game downloads across Arcade, Action and Simulation genres.

The top three games across Google Play and App Shop were Brain Out, Hunter Assassin, Woodturning in terms of downloads, Game for Peace, Laurels of Kings, Monster Strike in terms of consumer spend, and PUBG Mobile, Candy Crush Saga, Honour of Kings in terms of monthly active users.

Consumers spent over $sixteen.7 billion through app stores, making it the largest quarter always for purchases. In fact, App Annie says games contributed a whopping 85 per centum of consumer spend on Google Play and 65 percent on App Store. Players from the United States, Japan, and South korea contributed the well-nigh on Google Play while gamers from China spent the most on the App Store.

And then, which game on the list are you currently playing during this coronavirus lockdown? Let united states know in the comments.