28% of casual game installs from non-gaming publishers come from utility apps, Liftoff's Casual Gaming Apps Report reveals
Liftoff's 2025 Casual Gaming Apps Report also found that hypercasual and hybrid puzzle revenues have risen 240% over 12 months
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 29, 2025 /CNW/ -- Liftoff, the leading provider of marketing, monetization, and creative solutions for the mobile industry, and Singular, the end-to-end marketing attribution and analytics platform, today released their 2025 Casual Gaming Apps Report. The report, based on combined Liftoff and Singular data from February 2024 to February 2025, which includes 1.4 trillion ad impressions, 63 billion clicks, 2.5 billion installs, and $11.9 billion in ad spend, reveals that utility and entertainment apps drive the majority of non-gaming app installs for casual games.
Ads in utility and productivity apps account for 28% of non-gaming app installs for casual games, while 25% come from entertainment apps. Photo and social media apps also play an important role in converting users to casual gaming, accounting for a combined 25%.
Liftoff and Singular's Casual Gaming Apps Report covers three main topics: an annual breakdown of benchmarks for advertising costs and revenue, the mobile game genres and subgenres driving the most installs, and the latest trends shaking up the casual gaming market.
Key findings from the report, which you can download here.
include:
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All report data comes from GameRefinery and Accelerate, Liftoff's programmatic advertising solution, and Singular. It also draws from Liftoff's data from February 2024 to February 2025. Liftoff's data spans 318 billion ad impressions and 27 billion clicks across 55 million installs to deliver key takeaways on casual gaming app engagement worldwide. Singular's data spans $11.9 billion spent, 1.1 trillion impressions and 36 billion clicks across 2.4 billion installs.
About Liftoff
Liftoff helps mobile businesses maximize their revenue. It provides machine learning-powered marketing, monetization, and creative solutions that create better ad experiences and connect people with the products they love. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.
About Singular
Singular is the only end-to-end marketing attribution and analytics platform that uncovers true ROI across all marketing channels. We transform complex marketing data into actionable insights by unifying campaign data from thousands of channels with cross-device attribution data.
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