The income of the mobile games, including purchases and subscriptions within the game in Russian segments of App Store and Google Play Market Application Stores in 2024 increased by 12% in annual terms, ascending to $ 247.2 million, writing vedomosi, citing data from The sensor tower.
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The Russian mobile games market occupies the fifth place in the world in number of downloads and 36 in terms of income of intra-game purchases in the App Store and Google Play, said a representative of a research company to the publication.
According to Tower sensor, the highest income between mobile games in the App Store and Google Play brought puzzles, strategies, shooters and simulators. The most popular games in each of the categories were Royal Match, Age of Origins: Tower Defense, Pubg Mobile and Roblox.
The number of applications discharged in Russian App Store and Google Play, according to the results of 2024, decreased by 9%, to 2.4 billion. To obtain access to inaccessible applications in Russia and subscriptions, explained the product director in the corporate messenger of Compass Evgeny Perov.
An increase of 12% is a good indicator that exceeds the global rhythm, Konstantin Sakhnov, co -founder of the Vengeance Games study, told the newspaper. However, it is difficult to talk about the complete restoration of the market before the cancellation of the use of Russian payment systems is difficult, he added.
In March 2022, Google Play stopped accepting Visa and Mastercard cards issued in Russia as a payment fund, and later MIR cards. In December 2023, the store stopped an “indefinite period” for Russian developers for an “indefinite period.” Restrictions also imply the impossibility of users to buy paid applications developed in Russia, as well as make purchases in them, buy and extend subscriptions.
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