Strategy games dominated mobile market in late 2024 | Sensor Tower
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Summary
The last quarter of 2024 saw in-app purchase revenue from mobile games reach $40bn, a 13.5% year-on-year increase, according to Sensor Tower’s latest report.
It revealed that strategy games comprised a large part of the top 10 breakout games chart.
Six out of the 10 games on the Q4 breakout games chart (based on in-app purchase revenue) were strategy games.
Other genres popular in the last quarter included RPG and puzzle games.
However, by global downloads, the top three gaming genres were puzzle, simulation and arcade, accounting for over 7 billion downloads.
Sensor Tower predicted the rise of the strategic genre in its 2025 markets insight report, saying it offers ease of access for newcomers, while offering complex gameplay for committed players.