Back in Q2 2025, hybrid casual games had doubled their revenue compared to Q2 2024, and in Q3 2025, the genre showed a 114% YoY increase. The market’s top performers maintained their stable growth, with even fewer newcomers than in the previous quarter.
Key Highlights from AppMagic
- Puzzle games, which owned half of all Hybridcasual revenue in Q2 2025, have by now expanded their share to over 60%.
- Arcade remains in second place, slipping slightly from 35% to 32%.
- The biggest change came from the Simulation genre, which outpaced Action to close out the Top 3 subgenres with a 2.3% share of all Hybridcasual revenue.
- Coin Sort reimagined the “water sort” Puzzles with a more complex core loop and simple yet consistent LiveOps that fuel both ad and in-app revenues, maintaining a healthy balance.
- Crowd Express refined Rollic’s signature formula with a gradual rollout of LiveOps layered over familiar Parking Jam–inspired gameplay laced with Sort Puzzle mechanics.
Breakdown of the Top 10 hybrid casual games by genre
- Block Puzzle: Color Block Jam, Crowd Express: Boarding Puzzle
- Screw Puzzle: Screwdom, Screw Sort Puzzle: Pin Jam 3D
- Sort Puzzle: Knit Out, Hole People, Coin Sort
- Arcade: All in Hole, Pocket Champs, Mob Control
The first breakout of Q3, Coin Sort, stormed into the Top 10 after growing its monthly revenue by 9 times in just three months. Developed by Lion Studios, the game borrows from the best Hybridcasual practices, pairing a simple core loop with smart monetization and LiveOps design.
Rollic’s latest hit, Crowd Express: Boarding Puzzle, came in at number 10 on the charts. The game went global in December 2024 and has shown steady revenue growth month after month, until finally entering the top ranks.
At its core, the gameplay smartly blends parking and sorting mechanics into a fluid and intuitive loop. Players move buses and cars to clear traffic jams and load passengers onto vehicles of matching colors.
Additional details and in-depth coverage of the Top 10 games can be found on AppMagic’s Blog.
