It was during that search that I discovered that this old but iconic mobile game has made billions.
It begged the question, what other multi-billion dollar games are there, and how well have they aged?
WhileArena of Valormade a respectable showing, it fell far short of expectations.
This time it has kept the original legendary Chinese folk heroes from the Chinese version.
Did It Age Well?
In my opinion, this game is growing up, not growing old.
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I downloaded it to research this article and I loved it.
That said, it took up nearly 7GB on myold 32GB iPad…
However, I don’t think the large screen is necessary for this game.
I have much more space on mySamsung phoneand will be installing it there instead.
According toLevvvel,Candy Crushis primarily targeted at women 25-45, with the average age being 30.
The game definitely seems to appeal tocasual gamers.
The game has steadily been losing active users since 2017 but still makes over a billion dollars a year.
If it were a person I’d say they hadn’t aged at all.
This is the same match-three game we all remember it to be.
Despite being part of their target demographic, I haven’t played since the height of its popularity.
However, once I downloaded it again I was easily able to find my old account.
Apparently, I’d made it to level 330.
That level was much easier than I remember, and so were the next few levels.
I guess in a game of 17 thousand levels, level 330 is now considered early-game.
There were too many bright flashes for my taste.
Were the explosions always this bright or am I just a decade older?
I found an option to turn off “Flashing effects” in the options under “Accessibility.”
It’s still the high-quality game it was, but the novelty has worn off a bit for me.
It hasn’t changed much from 2015, and I don’t think it should.
The mobile game was first released in 2018 in China, where the PC version was already wildly popular.
It continues to be popular around the world.
I think it’s aged well, but it would be nice if there were options for quicker matches.
I’d suggest a smaller map with eight teams and a minimal starting loadout.
Players solve puzzles, engage in turn-based strategy, and team up via cooperative online multiplayer.
This left only a local co-op option.
Local co-op for mobile games was popular in Tokyo, one of the most populous cities in the world.
However, restricting players to local co-op practically disabled the multiplayer aspect of the game in North America.
By 2017,Monster Strikewas no longer available or supported outside of Japan, where it remains popular.
That said, mobile games can be re-released globally after a first-time fail.
Let’s hope one day we getMonster Strikeagain!
It’s still considered successful, but its revenue has steadily declined since 2021.
I discovered this game in 2017 but became bored with the long upgrade times.
I got around this by managing 3 accounts.
It has also dramatically increased in complexity.
However, If I wasn’t already a loyalCoCplayer, I can’t imagine we’d start it now.
There are so many other strategy games like this that are more exciting.
I’ll likely stick with them until they shut down regardless of how it ages.
There are over 30 mobile games that have made over $1 billion in revenue as of year-end 2023.
Therefore, there is some variance among the different rankings of the highest-grossing mobile games.
I believe I have the correct top 5.
However, an argument could be made forMonopoly Go,Pokemon Go, andPuzzles & Dragonstoo.
