Summary
In the fourth quarter of 2024, the puzzle game category on Android in the United States exhibited notable activity. Key games included Block Blast!, which peaked at 239K weekly downloads and 2.9M active users. Nut Sort's weekly revenue rose from $2.9K to $4.2K.
Find The Cat reached $3.5K revenue and 263K active users. Bus Out achieved over $32K weekly revenue and 198K active users. Differences peaked at $808 revenue and 321K active users.
The data indicates strong user engagement and revenue growth across the category.
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