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Brutally Honest #215

The newsletter delivers a candid snapshot of the mobile gaming and user-acquisition landscape for early 2025, focusing on post-IDFA realities, monetization strategies, and emerging creative trends.

  • Scaling spend only amplifies existing unit economics, requiring studios to validate ROAS, LTV buffers, and 30% store-tax margins before increasing acquisition budgets.
  • The industry is shifting toward a 'game-to-creative' design workflow, where developers build standalone apps around high-performing ad creatives rather than aligning ads with existing game content.
  • Voodoo is pivoting away from hyper-casual toward mid-core, IAP-heavy titles, exemplified by the performance of their game Marble Sort.
Brutally HonestJun 2026
Cover of Battle Legion: How to Launch and Grow a Strategy Game
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Battle Legion: How to Launch and Grow a Strategy Game

This analysis examines the launch and growth strategy of the mobile action-strategy title Battle Legion, evaluating whether innovative gameplay and a strong core loop are sufficient to succeed in the highly competitive free-to-play market.

  • Battle Legion differentiates itself in the strategy genre by combining the card-collecting and upgrade systems of Clash Royale with a unique 100-vs-100 automated battle mechanic.
  • The game utilizes a 'Strategy-Team-Unit' framework where player success depends on pre-battle troop selection and tactical placement, rather than real-time manual control.
  • Monetization relies on a mix of aggressive targeted offers, watch-to-earn ads, and a Battle Pass, though the game lacks a clear value distinction between micro-transactions and season pass rewards.
Deconstructor of FunAug 2020