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5 Gacha Events That Helped Love and Deepspace Reach $1B in User Spend 🤩 All-character events, battle skin releases, character birthday events — and two more we break down in the article: appmagic.rocks/research/love-…

Castle Busters: A New Game-Changer in the Artillery Shooter Market 🚀 The game grew the subgenre 4.6x YoY and accounted for 72% of its revenue in April 2026. It also continues climbing the Midcore weekly grossing chart, reaching #66 last week: tinyurl.com/3v8zb6mx

Love and Deepspace: Pulling $1B User Spend On Gacha Events ❤️💫 Learn how the hit from Paper Games almost reached the Top 10 highest-grossing Midcore titles of 2025 thanks to its gacha events: tinyurl.com/8ehu6tz8

AppMagic Is Acquired by Sensor Tower, Becoming Its Dedicated SMB Market Intelligence Solution It’s a new chapter in AppMagic’s journey and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for all of us together!

How EVADAV Turned Data Into Two Revenue-Generating Products With AppMagic 💪 Learn more via the link: appmagic.rocks/blog/evadav-ca…

How to Detect Mobile App Trends: 5 Data-Driven Ways for Games & Apps 🔎 Discover these approaches and how we get to the core of emerging trends using AppMagic on real examples: appmagic.rocks/blog/mobile-ap…

See you at GDCy on May 29 🇨🇾 Our Head of Market Insights, Alina Zlotnik, will be speaking on mobile gaming LiveOps & monetization trends in 2026 We took a sneak peek at the presentation she’s preparing, and you’ll definitely want to take notes 😉 Save the date!

How To Build a Successful Idle Game for Steam in 2026 🤩 Hybrid mechanics, instant hooks, bundles — learn what drives Idle game success today: appmagic.rocks/research/idle-…

200+ Social LiveOps Mechanics From Top Mobile Games 🔥 Our good friend Anton Slashcev put together a massive list broken down by type: tw7o1.share.hsforms.com/27HrKg7MsQliZv…

Idle Games in 2026: Home, Steam Home 🏡 Get a clear view of what works in Idle game design today via the link: appmagic.rocks/research/idle-…

Delta Force Reached a New Daily Revenue High of $7M 🚀 The main driver was likely the April 2026 patch with new maps, weapon updates and the Fiery Owl Hunt event. Find which events boost revenue in other games with our LiveOps & Updates calendar: tinyurl.com/6k8msec6

PC Games to Mobile: To Port or Not to Port? 🤔 Bringing a proven PC or console concept to the massive mobile audience sounds like a million-dollar idea. But why it works better for Indie than for AAA titles? Find out via the link: tinyurl.com/35tnmcya

Tasty Travels: Merge Game Becomes Number Two by Monthly Revenue in the Merge-2 Market 🤯 The game has grown its revenue by 71% since December, compared to just 17% for Gossip Harbor! Learn more about this new challenger on its AppMagic public page: tinyurl.com/5n777e3b

See You at the ThinkingData Event This Friday 🇯🇵 Our Head of BD in South Korea, Yoshimitsu Nakamura, is finalizing his talk on global LiveOps trends and how Japanese games adopt them. We’ve seen a preview—don’t miss it 😉 Or let’s catch up during the event ✨

Top 10 Publishers by Games Revenue in Q1 2026 🤩 Discover more insights on top publishers’ dynamics via the link: appmagic.rocks/top-charts/pub…

Top 10 Midcore Games by IAP Revenue in Q1 2026 ✨ Learn more about leading titles via the link: appmagic.rocks/top-charts/app…

Top 10 Casual Games by Revenue in Q1 2026 ⭐️ Find more insights on the Casual genre and its leaders in our latest report: appmagic.rocks/research/casua…

MapleStory Idle RPG: Old IP, New Heights 🏔️ NEXON’s recent mobile title based on MapleStory IP continues to grow revenue, despite downloads decline and UA slow down. How? Find out in the article: tinyurl.com/2nfjfdj5

Last Asylum: Plague — The Strongest Start in 37Games’ 4X Strategy Portfolio 🚀 37Games’s new 4X Strategy peaked with $323K in daily revenue and is now down to $260K. Daily installs reached 368K by mid-March, but have since started to decline. 👉 More: tinyurl.com/6b5sdhhh

Subway Surfers City: A New Chapter in the Franchise 🚇 Miniclip’s Subway Surfers City launched globally this February and hit 15M downloads in just a month, outperforming previous spin-offs. Will it become a flagship? 👉 More: tinyurl.com/4huy62t7