Exploration-based mechanics can function as deep, sustainable main progressions or as secondary engagement drivers within existing events.

Color Blaze Shooter delivered the second-highest growth rate among top sort apps over the past year, helping it quickly rise into puzzle's top 30.

Temple Run 3 marks the franchise's first mainline release since 2013, offering classic endless runner gameplay with a host of new progressions.

We analyzed 10 payment processors and found that full-service web store providers often strike the best balance between robust functionality and manageable overhead.

Family Island adds a mini-game that blends treasure hunt mechanics with food ordering progressions. Meanwhile, Gossip Harbor introduces a gacha-style mini-game, and Two Dots runs an event that helps players progress in the app's seasonal collection.

In the fastest-growing core subgenres—survival, 4X, and tower defense—mini-game ads that mimic core gameplay generally outperform other creatives.

Call of Duty: Mobile adapts an old PvPvE title into a standalone expansion mode, aiming to capture the resurgent interest in extraction shooters.

MapleStory: Idle RPG adapts the IP's 2D MMO roots into a heavily automated mobile RPG, quickly emerging as a top 10 RPG.

Ratchet & Clank returns to mobile as a colorful and quirky arena shooter.

Marvel SNAP introduces an expansion with faction-based abilities and decks, Archero adds a tower defense mode with merge mechanics, and Brawl Stars reworks its battle pass reward system.

Higher economic volatility can drive ARPDAU by incentivizing large bets, while more stable wallets support higher DAU and longer engagement.

Core apps succeed with gachas tied to the main loop, while casual and casino apps perform best with event-based gachas—but all rely on strong mitigation mechanics to sustain engagement.