The third edition of the Superstars game development competition, which is eagerly awaited by hyper-casual developers around the world begins, and is ready to give out abundant prizes! The competition is open to developers’ registrations between February 7th and April 7th. The winners of the competition will be announced in the third quarter of 2022.
Superstars offers rewards you won’t believe your eyes! Every hyper-casual game that meets the following criteria will instantly win cash prizes. Remember, you also have the chance to win more than one bonus prize. According to the prize pool of the competition:
- First prize: $2 million will be awarded for each game released by July 7 and reaching 8 million downloads on the US App Store;
- Second Prize: $1 million will be awarded for each game that has surpassed 4 million downloads on the US App Store;
- Third Prize: $200,000 will be awarded for each game that is eligible for worldwide publication.
- Bonus prizes: $20,000 cash bonus if CPI of $0.30 or less and D1 retention >30% on Facebook; $20,000 cash bonus if IPM of 35 or more and D1 retention >30% on the ironSource network; $10,000 cash bonus if CPI of $0.15 or less and D1 retention >30% on TikTok
Each game you submit for the competition, if approved, also offers you the opportunity to win more prizes. The more games you submit, the more chances to win!
Nadav Ashkenazy, SVP of the Supersonic team, has these words for the third Superstars competition:
“The third Superstars contest is our most ambitious yet, as we have raised the first prize to $2 million. Even more exciting, we are encouraging indie game developers – who we see time and again going from near anonymity to chart leaders in the hyper-casual category – to take part in the contest. We’re really excited to see the creativity that this contest will surely yield.”
In the past two Superstars competitions, we’ve seen many success stories from indie developers. One of them is the tremendous success story of Turkish mobile game studio Garawell Games with last year’s Superstars winner Bridge Race. In addition, the games that managed to enter the Top 10 in the Top Charts list include Elemental Master from FeoFun, Archers.io from Black Candy, and Escalators from Black Candy.
With a huge prize pool, the Superstars competition can’t wait to see the talents of all indie developers! You can register for the competition right now by clicking the button below.
