Gametion’s Ludo King has reached a landmark milestone for its developer and the Indian gaming business as a complete, having grow to be the primary cell recreation from the area to surpass one billion downloads on the Play Retailer.
The meteoric achievement comes days after Ludo King’s eighth anniversary and a nine-year journey from Gametion, the Indian developer that started off making browser video games; its shift to cell gaming in 2013 has since confirmed an extremely profitable resolution.
Greater than a recreation
Ludo King first launched on iOS on February 20, 2016 and expanded to Android later that yr. Within the eight years since, it has reached gamers throughout 30 international locations and 15 languages and have become the primary Indian cell recreation to surpass one billion installs worldwide. And now, it’s reached one billion downloads on the Play Retailer alone.
Naturally, the free-to-play recreation is a digital iteration of ludo, a four-player board recreation itself impressed by an historic Indian recreation, Pachisi. The place Ludo King began out as very a lot a basic ludo expertise on cell, it has since advanced with the ever-changing panorama and grow to be a real cell recreation in itself, with new modes like Rush Ludo and sub-games 7 Up Down and Snakes & Ladders all contained inside it.
Throughout the pandemic, when cell revenues skyrocketed, Gametion additionally launched a six-player mode to Ludo King, increasing the overall variety of potential gamers. This social ingredient is supported by gamers’ freedom to play with anybody worldwide or to type personal rooms with Fb mates.
The sport has additionally applied a wide range of themes over time, comparable to Egyptian-style to pinball whereas seasonal themes like Monsoon Season have introduced the Thunder Cube, Umbrella Cube and Paper Boat Cube to the sport, every having distinctive results on the gameplay.
“We’re thrilled to announce that #LudoKing has reached an astounding one billion downloads worldwide on #PlayStore! It has been an unbelievable journey over the previous 9 years, and we could not have finished it with out our wonderful group of #Ludo gamers. Thanks to your unwavering assist and enthusiasm!” Gametion posted on LinkedIn.
“In celebration of this momentous event, we needed to take a second to thanks Ludo King workforce who got here up with wonderful options which have made Ludo King such a beloved recreation.”
Final November, Google predicted India’s yearly income to develop 49% till 2028, projecting a $7.5 billion valuation.
