New Games on the Rise!
NEW GAMES ON THE RISE – # 1 WEEK, APRIL, 2025
Here I bring you titles debuting at the top of the charts. 📈
👇 These are this week’s highlights. 👇
➡️ The giant publisher ABI Game Studio has published yet another promising title. “Cookingdom” is a cooking simulator with a dash of logic puzzles. 👩🍳🧠 The player must figure out the correct sequence of tasks in the recipe. The main monetization is via video rewards. One offered after a hint with the sequence of the recipe and another extending the timer. ⏰ Released on March 6th, “Cookingdom” reached almost 4MM downloads in just 15 days. 🚀
On April 5, it appeared in the 🔝 50 downloads in mobile games for the first time. 🏅
➡️ Released on March 24, “NBA 2K” by Tencent reveals the power of the Chinese mobile games market. 🇨🇳 In 15 days the game reached almost $8MM in IAP revenue. For comparison’s sake, the rest of the world version of “NBA 2K” achieves just over 10% of this performance.
On March 25, it appeared in the 🔝 200 for mobile game revenue, and in the 🔝 50 downloads in mobile games for the first time. 🏅
➡️ With the frenzy for AI image generation, coloring games & apps have returned to the top of the charts. 🖌️ Highlights include “Color Pop AI – Coloring Book” by MWM. Since the end of last year, the title has seen a jump in IAP revenue of more than 300%. 🤯
On April 1, it appeared in the 🔝 1,000 for mobile game revenue for the first time. 🏅
