{"id":12229,"date":"2021-05-27T09:08:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T07:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamerefinery.com\/?p=12229"},"modified":"2022-08-09T17:11:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T14:11:29","slug":"match3-genre-snapshot-report-may-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamerefinery.com\/match3-genre-snapshot-report-may-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Match3 Genre Snapshot Report: May 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Match3 has always been one of the most successful genres in mobile gaming &#8211; and still is. For instance, Match3 games currently bring in about 16% of all US iOS revenue (bubble shooters excluded), making it the biggest subgenre in the whole region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evergreen hits like Candy Crush Saga, Toy Blast &amp; Candy Crush Soda Saga continue to be major contributors to Match3 games\u2019 success. These mature titles represent a more \u201ctraditional\u201d approach as they focus solely on core gameplay, i.e. crunching candies and tiles, but they have innovated heavily on the live events they offer for players. However, the second wave of Match3s lead by titles like Gardenscapes and Homescapes brought \u201cdecorating \/ narrative\u201d meta layers to the subgenre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the past 12 months, the biggest hit game to enter the market, Project Makeover, took the \u201cdecoration\/narrative\u201d formula even further with its \u201cProject Runway\u201d style visual appearance makeovers combined with a heavy narrative focus and the more common room decoration meta aspects. But then again, Royal Match, another mega hit of the past 12 months, just has a light decoration meta, akin to \u201cCoin Master\u201d and no narrative. The main focus is on the super smooth core gameplay + social aspects in the vein of Toon Blast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this report, we\u2019ll take a closer look at what the Match3 subgenre currently looks like in the US.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1634\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamerefinery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gamerefinery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1.png 1634w, https:\/\/www.gamerefinery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gamerefinery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gamerefinery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gamerefinery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-1536x754.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1634px) 100vw, 1634px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading our full Match3 Snapshot Report by getting your copy below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-get-your-copy\">Get your copy!<br><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/js.hsforms.net\/forms\/v2.js?pre=1\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  hbspt.forms.create({\n    region: \"na1\",\n    portalId: \"434414\",\n    formId: \"7d484732-1de4-4626-975a-40936117931a\"\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Match3 has always been one of the most successful genres in mobile gaming &#8211; and still is. 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Evergreen hits like Candy Crush Saga, Toy Blast &amp; Candy Crush Soda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":12281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"topic":[290,292,289,293,291,295,296],"class_list":["post-12229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-research","category-reports","topic-features","topic-game-design","topic-genres","topic-monetization","topic-motivations","topic-retention","topic-trends"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>Match3 Genre Snapshot Report: May 2021 - GameRefinery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this report, we\u2019ll take a closer look at what the popular Match3 subgenre currently looks like in the US.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamerefinery.com\/match3-genre-snapshot-report-may-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Match3 Genre Snapshot Report: May 2021 - 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