

Still, reaching the fiscal heights of those titles isn’t the aim of Hipster Whale, with its handful of staff and an enthusiastic and growing fanbase. That’s a relatively small amount compared to the other games listed above, with Candy Crush Saga players spending $1.33bn on that game alone in 2014 – or more than $10m every three days.Īt the time of writing, Crossy Road is 164th in the top-grossing chart for Apple’s App Store in the UK compared to the top-five placings of the Candy Crush games and Clash of Clans. The game, a colourful and addictive action game inspired by arcade classic Frogger, was released in November 2014, and made more than $10m globally for its developer Hipster Whale over the next three months. In the equivalent chart for Android in the UK, Crossy Road placed third behind Candy Crush Saga and its sequel Candy Crush Soda Saga.
