Hybridcasual Games in Q1 2025 – Puzzle Games Dominate

Hybridcasual games continue their strong momentum in 2025, with the top 10 titles generating $87 million in IAP revenue during Q1 – representing a 67% increase from last year, according to AppMagic data. The market is seeing a clear shift in genre preferences. Puzzle games now lead with 48% of top revenue, while Arcade titles follow closely at 45%. This represents a major change from Q1 2023, when Arcade games dominated with 77% of top 10 revenue.

Market Leaders and Key Performers

Rollic’s Color Block Jam tops the revenue charts with $25 million in Q1, up dramatically from just $175,000 in Q4 2024. The game blends Block Puzzle mechanics with Parking Jam elements, featuring carefully designed difficulty progression and monetization.

Homa’s All in Hole has seen impressive growth, tripling its revenue since Q4 2024 to reach $17.7 million. This Eat & Grow title has transformed its subgenre by adding LiveOps features, cosmetics, and battle pass systems.

Voodoo’s Mob Control hit an all-time monthly revenue record in March 2025, while iKame Games’ Screwdom generated $3.6 million in Q1 and is on track to exceed that figure in April alone.

The top games represent five distinct subgenres:

• Block Puzzle: Color Block Jam, Bus Escape
• Screw Puzzle: Screw Jam, Screwdom
• Sort Puzzle: Block Jam 3D
• Arcade: All in Hole, Pocket Champs, Mob Control, Alien Invasion
• Strategy: Tower War

Within puzzles, Block Puzzle leads with 71% of revenue, followed by Screw Puzzle (20%) and Sort Puzzle (9%). While smallest in market share, Sort Puzzle is growing fastest with a 5.6x year-over-year revenue increase. These successful hybridcasual games show how combining engaging core gameplay with deeper progression systems and smart monetization can drive substantial growth in the mobile market in 2025.

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