City Building Games Dominate US Mobile Market in Q1 2021

The first quarter of 2021 has witnessed considerable activity in the city building game category on mobile platforms. Sensor Tower provides a detailed performance overview of the top city building games, offering insights into downloads, revenue, and weekly active users. Here's how the leading games stacked up in the United States on the unified iOS and Android platforms.

SimCity BuildIt, published by Electronic Arts, showed a consistent revenue trend with a peak in mid-March at around $600K. Downloads for the game peaked at the end of January with over 38K, but there was a gradual decline to 19K by the end of March. Weekly active users started at 270K and saw a high of 283K in late January, ending the quarter with around 244K.

Trailer Park Boys Greasy Money, from Canadian publisher Eastside Games, had its revenue fluctuating with an uptick in the last week of March reaching over $200K. Downloads had a high of 7.7K in early February and dipped to around 5.5K by the end of March. Active users remained relatively stable, starting and ending the quarter with approximately 28K.

The Simpsons™: Tapped Out, another offering from Electronic Arts, saw its highest revenue in mid-March at nearly $190K. The game's downloads remained fairly consistent, with a peak of 12.5K in late January. The weekly active users showed a slight decline from 245K at the start of the quarter to 225K at the end.

The Tribez: Build a Village, developed by Game Insight, experienced a revenue increase towards the end of the quarter, hitting over $100K in late March. The game witnessed an increase in downloads from the start of the quarter, reaching a peak of 6.2K by late March. Active users saw a growth, starting at around 16K and rising to just over 20K.

Megapolis: City Building Sim, from Social Quantum, saw revenue peak in mid-March at approximately $58K. The game's downloads experienced a high of 8.7K in mid-February but decreased to 4K by the end of March. The weekly active user count for Megapolis started at 19K and experienced a peak of 21K in mid-February, ending the quarter slightly lower at 17K.

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