Month: January 2026

Chinese Interactive Story Games – The Unicorn of the Subgenres Inka Reinola, Game Analyst - China 16 June 2022 | Features, Game Design, Genres, Monetization You’re probably familiar with typical…

Soft Landing to Conversion – Introducing Onboarding Best Practices PART 3 Sonja Skoglund, Game Analyst - Japan; Inka Reinola, Game Analyst - China 23 June 2022 | Features, Game Design,…

Mobile Game Publishers Are Bypassing Google and Apple Store Cuts With External Web Stores Kalle Heikkinen, Senior Game Analyst 27 June 2022 | Game Design, Monetization, Trends Update 04.25.23: On Monday,…

Analyst Bulletin: Mobile Game Market Review June 2022 GameRefinery Team 30 June 2022 | Features, Game Design, Monetization, Trends Minigame modes, an abundance of anniversary events, and plenty of appearances…

Episode 29: Fishing For Knowledge: Designing Realistic Life Simulation Games for Mobile GameRefinery Team 6 July 2022 | Features, Game Design, Genres, Monetization, Retention, Trends In this episode of the…

The Rise of Midcore Mobile Games Snapshot Report: July 2022 GameRefinery Team 7 July 2022 | Features, Game Design, Genres, Monetization, Motivations, Retention, Trends It used to be the case…

The Most Successful Rhythm Games of the Three Big Markets Mona Hietala, Game Analyst - Japan 14 July 2022 | Features, Game Design, Genres Since the heyday of rhythm games…

Episode 30: Diablo Immortal or Diablo Immoral? Discussing the Monetization Controversy Behind Blizzard’s Latest Mobile Game GameRefinery Team 21 July 2022 | Deconstruction, Features, Game Design, Genres, Monetization, Motivations, Retention,…

How Pride Was Celebrated on Mobile in 2022 Milka Paunonen, Game Analyst - Japan 28 July 2022 | Game Design, Trends Every year, Pride celebrates equality and human rights, along…

Analyst Bulletin: Mobile Game Market Review July 2022 GameRefinery Team 4 August 2022 | Features, Game Design, Monetization, Retention, Trends July saw plenty of summer-themed events making a return to…