two & a half gamers Review radar #8: From Stable Dinosaur to Revenue Rocket. Podcast curse broken!
We just dropped a new Review Radar episode in which we examined every major mobile game from the last three months. Some are breaking the ‘podcast curse’ and scaling up, others are stuck in stable dinosaur mode, and a few are just… lost.
Highlights:
Triple Match City and Color Block Jam are stacking revenue with surprising ARPU and ad mixes
Royal Kingdom and Pokémon Sleep show that audience and IP still trump any new feature
Cloning is the new normal, but most ‘copy-paste’ games never hit the KPIs of their genre leaders
Monetization is where dreams die, great engines, weak revenue
UA and creative discipline are still the biggest differentiators
Our verdict? Build fast, adapt faster, and don’t be afraid to kill what isn’t scaling. In mobile gaming, the only thing worse than a failed experiment is a boring one.
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This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers session. Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let’s not forget this is a 4 a.m. conference discussion vibe, so let's not take it too seriously.
Panelists: Jakub Remiar, Felix Braberg, Matej Lancaric
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to the Review Radar
04:39 Game Performance Insights: Triple Match City
07:16 Core Survival and Its Revenue Growth
10:32 Acero 2: Launch and Revenue Analysis
13:37 Top Girl: User Engagement and Revenue Trends
16:37 Royal Kingdom: Celebrity Campaign Impact
19:36 Path of Exile 2: Community Reactions and Revenue
22:40 Dark and Darker: Soft Launch Insights
25:34 Magic Sword: Future Potential and Market Position
27:06 Revenue Insights: Comparing Game Performance
28:48 Block Blast: The Unexpected Contender
29:42 Project Rise: Anticipation and Delays
33:27 ColorBlockJam: A Rising Star in Mobile Gaming
36:35 Hi-Sees Hero: Challenges in Game Development
39:48 Candy Crush Solitaire: Stagnation in a Competitive Market
41:50 Goods Puzzle: A New Player in the Market
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Matej Lancaric
User Acquisition & Creatives Consultant
https://lancaric.me
Felix Braberg
Ad monetization consultant
https://www.felixbraberg.com
Jakub Remiar
Game design consultant
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubremiar
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