In recent years, a consensus in the marketing industry has been that media buying have become increasingly complex. Under the economic downturn, the "massive advertising" strategy gradually lost its charm. When it comes to game marketing and advertising, the industry has returned to a more pragmatic approach. Refinement and long-term operation requirements soared. AppGrowing Pro Plan, which aggregated advanced features such as Marketing Calendar, 3s Opening Lines, Subscription Reports, Similar Creatives, and more, is released as a Comprehensive Global Mobile Advertising Analysis Solution. This is a professional solution for advertising creative production teams and  senior personnel in marketing departments, providing more accurate and detailed data analytics and market insights. In the face of market changes and upgraded advertising techniques today, […]

Initially launched in SEA in June 2022, and then globally in April 2023, Farlight 84 is the first shooter game by Lilith Games. This wasteland-themed action mobile game was considered to be the most low-profile game, since Lilith Game has not carried out advertising for it. However, according to AppGrowing, in June, Farlight 84 eventually began massive advertising.   01 No Pre-heating Advertising, Farlight 84's Post-Released Ad Strategy   As Lilith Games' first third-person shooter developed with UE4, Farlight 84 was announced at Unreal Open Day 2020. After a few betas, it was officially released last year by the new global publishing brand "Farlight Games" from Lilith Game, reflecting its high status in the company's gaming empire. Contrary to expectations, […]

Here is AppGrowing's analysis of the global mobile App advertising markets in June 2023, based on advertising data from 25 global media platforms in 50 countries/regions.   01 Advertising Trend   Overall, App Volume in June 2023 was 27,042, up 5.9% compared to May. Ad Volume was 5.57M+, up 50.9% MoM, indicating intensified competition in June. Creative Volume was 1.39M+, up 7.2% over May. Ad Volume and App Volume peaked at a later period, though the competition on June 9 was quite fierce. The highest single-day Ad Volume appeared on June 9, exceeding 1M and the peak of App Volume appeared on June 26, at 14735. The trend shows that App Volume started to grow significantly from Week 2 and […]

Here is AppGrowing's analysis of the global mobile game advertising markets in June 2023, based on advertising data from 25 global media platforms in 50 countries/regions.   01 Advertising Trend   Overall, the global mobile advertising market continued its growth trend in June. Compared to May (May 2023 Review), the increase in ad volume, app volume, and creatives volume decelerated. The app volume in June 2023 was 24,774, a 3.5% MoM increase, slightly less than in May. Ad volume was 4.13M, a 10.8% MoM increase, and creatives volume was 1.08M+, up 4% MoM. Both ad and app volume peaked in the early days, with the highest number of ads and apps on June 2, at 870K+ and 12,723 respectively. The […]

Recently, many new games from leading developers have gone on an advertising spree. In addition to Moonton's Watcher Of Realms, according to AppGrowing, Nuverse's Dragonheir: Silent Gods started a massive advertising campaign, topped the Google Play Pre-registration, and became a Top 5 game among loads of games that are already released by top Chinese developers. Source: AppGrowing Dragonheir: Silent Gods is about to be launched  in September 2023, according to data.ai. After the release of the global version of Earth: Revival（《星球：重啟》） in February, Dragonheir: Silent Gods will be the second Nuverse game to be available worldwide this year, carrying the company's expectation of building a global brand.   01 An Open-world TRPG on 5-Year Development and $15 M   Dragonheir: […]

miHoYo launched the hit mobile game Honkai: Star Rail in April and attracted global gamers' attention. A month later, on May 17, another adventure game, Light of Thel: New Era, was officially released in Southeast Asia and then topped the game charts in several countries. According to AppGrowing, this mobile MMORPG, published by Chinese developer LR Games, conducted a massive advertising campaign for the last 30 days and overpowered such hugely popular games as Coin Master and Honkai: Star Rail to lead the ad volume charts. Source: AppGrowing In 2019, this anime-themed game was first released in Mainland China, and has entered Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan of China, Japan, Korea, Europe, and North America over the past 4 years […]

MMORPG mobile games are one of the most popular categories in Vietnam. According to Sensor Tower, MMORPGs have always led the Vietnamese mobile game market. In June 2023, Hoa Kiếm Mobile, a new game officially released by local Vietnamese game developer Funtap, won the Top 1 of the App Store game chart at the beginning of its beta test. According to AppGrowing, the game ran massive advertising campaigns in its pre-registration and early launch period, which was a major reason why it managed to win among popular games from well-known developers such as VNG and VTC. Source: AppGrowing Hoa Kiếm Mobile is a typical Chinese Fantasy MMORPG with "swordplay" as the main selling point, allowing players to choose from 5 […]

After unveiling Watcher of Realms in April this year, Moonton has taken the next step. According to AppGrowing, Moonton's Watcher of Realms placed the No.1 pre-registering game by ads on App Store in the last 30 days. The card RPG is due to release on July 13, that is to say, Moonton started the pre-registration advertising more than a month before its launch. Source: AppGrowing Since it was acquired by Bytedance for $4 billion in 2021, Moonton has accelerated its expansion. Watcher of Realms is supposed to be Moonton's first self-developed game released after the acquisition.   01 New Card RPG Topped the Pre-registration   Officially billed as the "Next Generation Fantasy Card RPG Mobile Game", Watcher of Realms hit […]

Here is AppGrowing's analysis of the global mobile App advertising markets in May 2023, based on advertising data from 24 global media platforms in 50 countries/regions.   01 Mobile App Advertising Trends   Overall, apps advertised in May 2023 were 25,537, up 3.6% compared to April (Click for Review of April 2023). The ad volume was 3.69M+, up 3.1% MoM. Ad creative volume was 1.30M+, a 24% surge over April. Evidently, similar to mobile games, the global app ad market showed a recovery in May. The peak of the ad volume was in the latter 20 days, with the highest single-day ad volume on May 30 with over 860K; the peak of App volume was on May 15 with 13525. […]

In continuation of the advertising competition trend in April, the global mobile game ad market in May showed a further recovery, according to AppGrowing. Not only the ad volume grew, but the App volume also rebounded significantly, indicating that game developers are more willing to do user acquisition with ads. We can see some new games from China debuting globally and emerging as strong competitors in the ad market, such as Aether Gazer, an ACGN ARPG published by Yostar, and 流浪方舟 which made a breakthrough as a game from small studio last year. The latter is expected to be released in June and in May has begun massive advertising in the pre-registration period. IGG's SLG Viking Rise, launched in April, […]