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Popular mobile puzzle game Monument Valley is now two years old, and total downloads across all major mobile platforms has now surpassed 26m.
3m were racked up in the first year, meaning the game was downloaded a whopping 23m times between April 3rd, 2015 and April 3rd, 2016. Despite being a poster child for premium games on mobile, the vast majority of downloads – 21m – were free, largely from promotions via iOS, downloads through Amazon’s free Underground program, and so on.
That’s not to say the game isn’t earning. All-time revenues now stands at more than $14m, although there has been some decline over the past year. First year revenues were just over $8m, while second year figures come in at $6.3m.
Develop has infographic with loads of extra stats.
