Redecor’s My Design Journal introduces an enduring progression of levels separate from the app's eight daily competitive challenges, which were previously the app’s only available content each day. This feature creates a longer and more controlled FTUE while removing the app's limit on daily engagement.

Prime Gaming partnerships let apps consistently reach big, young audiences while requiring little investment from developers. Simply put, these partnerships require very low development costs compared to the potential reach of the platform and the long-term value of a strong relationship with Amazon. If partnerships go well, they could lead to more valuable co-promotions with Amazon (like real-world Prime rewards for in-game events) or sponsored Esports.

Super Snail has kept a position in the top 50 RPGs by combining cartoony graphics, offbeat humor, and a compelling progression system. Plus, an RPG from Garena based on the Black Clover anime, a hide-and-seek mode in Identity V, and more.

Last Day on Earth’s Survivor’s Path consolidates all of the app’s tutorial and story missions into a single battle pass progression. The feature aims to increase retention from new players by simplifying the UI, accelerating early progressions, and offering premium battle pass tiers to promote early spending.

By allowing players to resell items, marketplaces create ongoing, passive revenue streams from what would otherwise be one-time purchases. Each time players sell an item, the game or platform gets a cut ranging from 5%–30%. Although this strategy has been associated with NFTs, Roblox and the Steam Community Market have proven that blockchain isn’t required for a successful collectible economy—and may even hold it back.

Cash Frenzy’s Cashtopia is the first instance of a social hub space that we’ve seen in a casino app. In Cashtopia, players navigate between different buildings in a town to access a variety of collaborative, competitive, and individual tasks. This three-pronged approach is rarely seen in casino apps and boosts engagement from a wide range of player types.  

More than two years after its launch, Cash Billionaire has broken into the top 100 casino apps by combining classic slots features with a few innovative twists. Plus, an RPG-inspired quest in Cash Frenzy, a bingo competition in Cash Tornado, and more.

Casual apps remain far behind casino and core in implementing web stores. Casual web stores face unique challenges because they lack the cross-platform playerbase of core and the high-spending playerbase of casino. For web stores to succeed in the casual market, apps need to offer good value on normal gameplay resources that are accessible to most players.

Jackpot World's Fortune Bats Deluxe features a fishing mini-game with player choice and progressive zones; Quick Hit Slots' King of the Wild aligns its first and last reels to allow paylines to wrap around the reel set; and Slotomania's Gilded Queen offers double jackpots for filling the reels with upgraded symbols.

Jackpot World’s Ultimate Egypt is one of the only machines we’ve seen that requires players to complete missions to unlock bonuses. It’s also the only machine we’ve seen that presents unlockable bonuses as individual machines that players access from within the main machine.

As major media studios try to deal with the writer and actor’s strikes, game publishers have a great opportunity to pitch animated series—which are not affected by the strikes. Unlike other media unions, the Animation Guild (TAG), which covers most animated film and TV projects, is not on strike, and there’s currently no threat of a strike. This is in contrast to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), which went on strike on May 2 and July 14, 2023, respectively.

One year after launch, Decor Match has become one of the top 50 casual apps by combining match-3 with realistic custom design. Plus, Pokémon Sleep becomes one of the top 50 sim apps just one month after launch by combining Pokémon GO collection with a sleep tracking device.