Swedish developer Midjiwan is celebrating a milestone 20 million downloads of its hit technique recreation The Battle of Polytopia throughout Google Play and the App Retailer.
Since its launch as a Flash recreation in 2016, the sport has gone on to be successful on quite a lot of platforms together with Steam, the Nintendo Swap, and even Tesla vehicles. Moreover, the sport has confirmed so profitable that Stockholm has a devoted retailer, Polytopia Store of Souveniers, promoting official merchandise.
“By reaching greater than 20 million gamers, we’ve confirmed that you simply don’t should be aggressive with monetisation to have a profitable cell recreation,” stated Midjiwan common supervisor Christian Lövstedt.
“The truth is, that’s precisely why our recreation is a success – we give attention to offering nice gameplay, not the enterprise mannequin. These values will proceed lengthy into the longer term as we proceed to develop throughout platforms and discover potential future titles within the Polytopia universe.”
The highway to success
Polytopia’s success is attributed partly to its mixture of cell gaming and PC gameplay, serving to it stand out from different cell 4X technique video games constructed for cell. Moreover, the sport has discovered success with its laidback monetisation technique, specializing in cosmetics and expansions with no in-game foreign money or pay-to-win mechanics. This has helped the sport grow to be a success with critics and shoppers alike, resulting in it taking dwelling the “Excellence in Gameplay” award on the 2017 Worldwide Cellular Gaming Awards.
“Once I began making The Battle of Polytopia, I wished to create the type of recreation that I might get pleasure from, that wasn’t already out there anyplace else,” stated Midjiwan founder and recreation designer Felix Ekenstam. “The concept was to construct the most effective strategic recreation whereas mixing it with the simplicity and accessibility you’d anticipate on cell, however with out all of the aggressive monetisation nonsense this viewers hates. Now, 20 million downloads later, I believe it’s protected to say my imaginative and prescient for the sport has been validated.
“I’d like to offer a giant thanks to the followers who’ve stayed with us on our journey, and we’ve obtained much more coming down the highway for The Battle of Polytopia that I believe they and new gamers alike will love.”
In different milestone information, Monster Hunter Now has reached 5 million installs inside its first week.
