Match-3 still makes $Billions, but it’s Sort Puzzle that’s scaling faster. Hottest 2025 trend isn’t new genres, it’s reinvented old ones:
I think 2025 is going as its projected: Casual games are keep shifting, Softlaunch after softlaunch some genres exploding, some stall, and new ones are born. <excluding hybrid casuals for this topic>
I made an infographic to show 5 biggest revenue makers from each sub genres:
Appmagic’s H1 Casual Report reveals many insights:
-> Hybrid puzzles explode from HC roots, -> Mature hits keep growing w/ LiveOps, -> Some genres stall, but devs adapt, -> Casino cools after Monopoly GO!.
Cheers and have a FANTASTIC WEEKEND!
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