Year: 2026

Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells is a match 3 game from Zynga which takes players through a magical journey encountering challenging puzzles, collecting friendly creatures and spells. A typical match 3…

Goodbye 2020, hello 2021. Last year saw its fair share of new design features in mobile games, and our analyst team has sat around its collective crystal ball and taken…

Getting the word out for your game is usually the matter of effective marketing and advertising, but never underestimate the good old word-of-mouth! Sometimes encouraging a new player to join…

Games using licensed IPs are a steady presence in the top-grossing ranks of iOS games across different markets. Finding the right IP for your genre and market can make a…

GameRefinery’s development team took a short break during the holiday season and new year. We are now back on the grind with a massive update to three existing features. At…

GameRefinery introduced a new genre taxonomy in April 2021, which included seven new subgenres: Merge Games, Asymmetric Survival, Other Casino, Casual Casino, Sovereign Games, Bubble Shooter, and Tower Defense RPG.…

Game Updates are crucial for competitor tracking and can also give you excellent game content ideas regardless of your game’s genre. Let’s take a look at Rise of Kingdoms in…

Gachas are evolving – here’s everything you need to know about them as well as the latest trends you can expect to see in 2022.   Gachas are dominating the mobile…

From the rise of roguelite and minigame mechanics in mobile games to the growing popularity of IP-based mobile games and new mid-core games, plenty of new development trends emerged in…

From PUBG x Dragon Ball to Goddess of Victory: NIKKE x Nier: Automata and State of Survival x Resident Evil, collaboration events with renowned franchises have consistently demonstrated their ability…