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Top 5 mobile games that kept busy young Indian Players during Covid Pandemic

During the the time of covid pandemic, Indians were spending around 7 hours in a week on playing games on their mobiles and the duration increased among majority (53 per cent) since the lockdown that began early this year.

Indian men mostly played action/adventure (71 per cent) and first-persons shooter (63 per cent) games on their smartphones. The ‘Call of Duty Mobile’ and the ‘Garena Free Fire’ were the popular first-person shooter games.

Among women, the most popular type of the game was puzzles (65 per cent), followed by multiplayer gamers (56 per cent).

Here are top 5 mobile games that cheered young Indian players in pandemic.

1. Among Us

Among Us from gaming company InnerSloth was the most downloaded mobile game worldwide for September 2020 with 83.8 million installs, which was 40 times more than the title had in September 2019. In India, kids went crazy for it.

Among Us is a multiplayer game about teamwork and betrayal. You and your crewmates can play this game online or over a local Wi-Fi and attempt to keep your spaceship together.

2. Ludo King

Ludo King, which was launched in 2016, became one of the top five most installed mobile games in April. The growth during the initial phase of the ongoing lockdown helped Ludo King reach the number-one ranking in the top charts of free games on Google Play for some days.

A free-to-play app developed by Indian studio Gametion Technologies Pvt Ltd based in Mumbai, it brought the classic board game on the digital platform. In the pandemic, it was downloaded millions of time in the country.

It smashed all mobile gaming records in India, becoming the top gaming app across platforms. It is a cross-platform app that works on Android, iOS, desktop, and even the Windows mobile platform.

3. PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile has emerged as the highest-grossing mobile game of 2020. According to Sensor Tower, the Tencent-owned game raked in a revenue of close to $2.6 billion from both Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store. The figure represents an increase of 64 per cent from last year.

Although it was banned in India during the time of Laddakh conflict. In November, PUBG Corporation said it is making a comeback to the India market with the creation of an Indian subsidiary and a new game.

4. Pokemon Go

For Pokemon Go, 2020 has been its best year by far where it accumulated a revenue increase of 31.5 per cent. The sudden increase in player spending was because of the various implementations in the game allowing for playing during the pandemic-induced lockdown.

5. Garena Free Fire

Garena Free Fire grew to become one of the top five grossing entries in the burgeoning genre since its launch in late 2017. Garena Free Fire (also known as Free Fire Battlegrounds or Free Fire) is a battle royale game, developed by 111 Dots Studio and published by Garena for Android and iOS.

The game received the award for the “Best Popular Vote Game” by the Google Play Store in 2019. As of May 2020, Free Fire has set a record with over 80 million daily active users globally. As of November 2019, Free Fire has grossed over $1 billion worldwide.

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