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In the first quarter of 2021, pirate-themed mobile games saw varied performance across the Latin American market. Data from Sensor Tower provides a glimpse into the trends of the top pirate games on the unified platform, encompassing both iOS and Android.
Last Pirate: Island Survival, published by RetroStyle Games, experienced a decrease in weekly downloads, starting at 103K in the last week of December 2020 and dropping to 36K by the end of March 2021. The game's weekly active users followed a similar downward trend, from 126K to 68K in the same period. However, the game's revenue peaked at 102K USD in the week of February 22nd, indicating a strong monetization despite the decline in user base.
Save The Pirate! Help! Escape! showed an interesting trend with a significant spike in downloads to 52K during the week of March 15th, before settling back down to 25K by the end of March. Active users also saw a peak of 61K in mid-March, which was an increase from the 35K at the start of the year. The revenue for this game remained relatively low, with a slight increase to 6K USD in the final week of March.
Pirate Attack: Sea Battle from IEC GLOBAL PTY LTD, despite showing no revenue for most of the quarter, maintained a consistent number of weekly active users, hovering around the 40K-50K mark. Downloads, however, saw a gradual decline from 27K at the beginning of the quarter to just under 3K by the end of March.
JOYCITY Corp's Pirates of the Caribbean: ToW generated significant revenue, with a notable peak of 3.7M USD in mid-January. The game maintained a stable download rate, starting at 5.6K and ending the quarter at around 3.6K. Active users saw a slight decrease from 14K to 12K.
Tempest - Pirate Action RPG, published by HC GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED, showed a consistent revenue, with a peak of 283K USD in mid-February. Downloads for Tempest had a mid-quarter peak of 3.3K, while active users reached a high of 9.3K twice during the quarter.
For more insights into the performance of these games and others in the mobile gaming market, Sensor Tower's comprehensive analytics provide detailed data and trends.