Last Day on Earth is building a new complex network of features. Players complete chapters in the app’s Story Mode (released in July 2022) to unlock three new features—Settlement Development, Expeditions, and Mercenaries. Expeditions and Mercenaries introduce new heroes and a new game mode that is exclusively focused on combat—a first for this app. In order to progress in any one of these new features, players must progress in the other two as well.

Bingo Bash’s Frosty Farm offers an unusually complex crafting and order fulfillment system for the casino market. Players use resources earned during base play to plant flowers on a farm. Harvesting flowers fulfills orders and unlocks more farm plots and types of flowers. As players advance, orders become increasingly complex, which adds a layer of strategy.

Bingo Bash’s Frosty Farm offers an unusually complex crafting and order fulfillment system for the casino market. Players use resources earned during base play to plant flowers on a farm. Harvesting flowers fulfills orders and unlocks more farm plots and types of flowers. As players advance, they have a higher number of more complex orders to fulfill, which adds a deeper layer of strategy.

8 Ball Pool combines two proven mechanics from past events—ice-covered pool tables and a win-streak scoring system—into a single set of events (Ice Lounge Epic, Snow Patch Win Streak, and Slippery Ice Championship). This strategy allows the app to create fresh experiences from old content, which helped increase revenue 43% 14Do14D.

8 Ball Pool combines two proven mechanics from past events—ice-covered pool tables and a win-streak scoring system—into a single set of events (Ice Lounge Epic, Snow Patch Win Streak, and Slippery Ice Championship). This strategy allows the app to create fresh experiences from old content, which helped increase revenue 43% 14Do14D.

myVEGAS’ Troy Infinite Link is one of the most thematically complete machines we’ve ever seen. Nearly every element of the machine—including visuals, mechanics, and UI—contributes to the machine’s Trojan War theme.

myVEGAS’ Troy Infinite Link is one of the most thematically complete machines we’ve ever seen. Nearly every element of the machine—including visuals, mechanics, and UI—contributes to the machine’s Trojan War theme.

Solitaire Cruise Tripeaks’ The Snowy Stir uses lite custom design elements to give its board game a sense of progression. As players collect resources from spaces, they earn decorations for a winter scene in the center of the board. Though players can’t choose these decorations, the board game offers a small amount of agency by letting players choose the result of wild dice rolls.

Solitaire Cruise Tripeaks’ The Snowy Stir uses lite custom design elements to give its board game a sense of progression. As players collect resources from spaces, they earn decorations for a winter scene in the center of the board. Though players can’t choose these decorations, the board game offers a small amount of agency by letting players choose the result of wild dice rolls.

In collection features, players collect items as part of a set or album and are generally rewarded for completing each set. Collection features are commonly paired with IAPs that allow players to buy collection items rather than earn them through gameplay. In some cases, sets cannot be completed without spending premium currency.

Our 2022 Recap Report analyzes the year's most important product trends across markets. Inside the report, you’ll find leading examples from top apps and insights for implementing each trend.

This month’s Core Report focuses solely on teardowns of innovative feature, event, and content releases. At the end of this month, you will also receive a Recap Report that examines major trends across markets from 2022 as well as areas of opportunity for 2023.