The casual new tour weekly report counts WeChat mini games, QQ mini games, Douyin mini games, hardcore mini games, and new game explosions on the App Store and Google Play, and makes tables according to classification, and publishes information such as game rankings, hoping to help industry peers.
This week's statistics intercepted the ranking of major platforms from February 20 to February 26, and produced three ranking tables of casual mini games, hyper-casual games and heavy H5 games. In terms of casual games, on the WeChat mini game platform, the simulation business game "Daily Love Cooking" rushed to the top 5 of the popularity list; In the QQ mini game, the board game "Happy Fighting Landlord" rose in the rankings and ranked among the top 10 on the hot play list; In the Douyin mini-game, the simulation business game "Man Counterattack" returned to the top of the list.
In terms of hyper-casual games, in the App Store free-to-play list, a casual simulation mobile game "Oil Tycoon" developed by Dutch team Gamious and represented by Thunder Games ranked in the TOP30; In the Google Play free games list, the cute cat-themed audio game "Duet Cats: Cute Popcat Music" rose to the top of the hyper-casual game list, and the HYIP game "Pop Rich Tree" ranked 6th on the Google Play free games list.
In terms of heavy games, in the QQ Mini Games list, Yunyou Interactive's "Hulai Three Kingdoms" ranked first in QQ's hardcore list, and "Love Jiangshan Loves Beauty More" rose in the ranking, returning to the QQ best-selling list TOP5; Among the hardcore mini-games, the war strategy game "Pocket Raider" is firmly at the top of the list, and the legendary game "King's Landing Legend" from Oasis Interactive has been in the top 5 of the hardcore hot list for another week.
Casual mini-games: The food theme is popular, and "Love Cooking Every Day" rushes to the TOP5
In terms of casual games this week, in the WeChat mini game, two fresh faces appeared on the popularity list TOP10, they are "Daily Love Cooking" and "Fingertip Chariot" currently ranked 5th on the list.
Among them, "Love Cooking Every Day" is a simulated business game with the theme of food production, and players need to make corresponding food for customers according to their ordering needs to obtain revenue rewards. This type of product has seen many hits before, and the purchase materials of "Daily Love Cooking" focus on local delicacies such as pancake fruit and spicy hot, and attract players to download through a series of "anti-bone" operations.
"Love Cooking Every Day"
Fingertip Chariot is a shooter where players use the terrain features of each level to join hands with our teammates to defeat enemies and pass levels. The game has a low barrier to entry, allowing players to play with a simple swipe. And there is a good room for growth in the later part of the game, when fighting, players need to consider the distribution strategy of combat power, limited bullet planning, terrain utilization, and after the battle, upgrade the vehicle through the cultivation line, etc., will greatly enhance the richness and fun of the game. Overall, this product has great long-term potential.
Chariots at your fingertips
On the QQ Mini Game platform, the top of the list has not changed, and Tencent continues to occupy the top 2 of the hot play list, and its "Happy Fighting Landlord" and "QBOX" are ranked 1st and 2nd respectively. At the same time, the board game "Huanxidou Landlord" successfully ranked among the TOP10, and it is currently ranked 8th on the QQ Hot Play List.
In the Douyin mini game platform, the official revealed that "Sheep and Sheep", which has attracted more than 100 million dollars, continues to dominate the top, and Honey Badger Workshop's "Lying Flat Development" and spaceship information's "Black Hole Invasion" are ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively. At the same time, the simulation business game "Man Counterattack" of Jingyou Network once again entered the top 5 of the popularity list this week, and it is currently ranked 4th on the list.
Hyper-casual game: "Oil Tycoon" rushed to the top 30, overseas HYIP fire
In terms of hyper-casual, in the list of free games in the domestic App Store, a Steam ported casual simulation mobile game "Oil Tycoon" developed by the Dutch team Gamious and represented by Thunder Games has improved its ranking significantly. The game started public beta as early as January 2022, but its ranking has hovered outside the top 100 of the casual game list for the past year, and it was not until February 25, 2023 that the game entered the iOS free games list TOP50 for the first time, and the current game ranking once jumped into the TOP30 free list, and the game is currently in the 29th place on the list.
In terms of gameplay, the game mainly revolves around oil exploration as the core, players can plan oil exploration business, manage production, transportation and sales, get revenue growth, seize the best opportunity to stock up on oil and sell high, and hope to earn more income. Compared with the original Steam game, the mobile version of "Oil Tycoon" basically retains the main core content of the original, and also adds some online PVP gameplay, special props, daily challenges and other more gameplay and content.
In the Google Play free game list in the United States, the audio game "Duet Cats: Cute Popcat Music" rose in the ranking, winning the second place on the Google Play free game list and the top of the hyper-casual game list. Meanwhile, Pop Rich Tree, a HYIP game that earns Roblox tokens by playing games, also performed well this week, reaching No. 6 on the free list.
Among them, "Duet Cats: Cute Popcat Music" is a very cute sound game, players only need to control the fingertip sliding according to the rhythm of the music, you can control the two kittens on the screen to eat delicious food from the sky, and thus get points. The music of this game is also very interesting, basically a meow version of the hit single double singing.
Pop Rich Tree is a game with a HYIP element, players will plant a cash cow in the game, play a game to make the cash cow grow, when the cash cow matures (points accumulate to a certain threshold), players can withdraw points into Roblox tokens Robux. It is understood that the withdrawal can only be completed when it has accumulated 10,000 Robux, which is equivalent to recharging $100 to the Roblox account. This kind of HYIP model, which has been popular in China, has recently caught fire overseas, and the game has now reached No. 6 on the Google Play free games list.
"Pop Rich Tree" buy video
Source: App Growing Global
Heavy H5 games: "Hulai Three Kingdoms" firmly topped the list, and "King's Landing Legend" reached the top 3
In terms of heavy games, in the QQ Mini Game best-selling list, Yunyou Interactive's "Hulai Three Kingdoms" firmly ranked first in QQ's heavy Mini Game and ranked TOP3 on QQ's best-selling list. At the same time, Longgu Network's "Love Jiangshan More Love Beauty" ranked significantly this week, once again winning the 4th place on the QQ best-selling list.
In the list of hardcore mini-games, "Pocket Raider" won the top spot for another week, followed by Oasis Interactive's "King's Landing Legend" and the fairy game "Sky Sword", ranking 3rd and 4th on the hardcore hot list, respectively. At the same time, the legendary game "Blood Sand City" also re-entered the top of the list of hardcore mini games this week, and it is currently at No. 8 on the list.