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PlayDog Soft Co.
For casual mobile gamers seeking narrative-driven puzzle progression or social casino environments with community-driven features like clubs and avatars.
Known for
For casual mobile gamers seeking narrative-driven puzzle progression or social casino environments with community-driven features like clubs and avatars.
Providing casual mobile entertainment through high-engagement match-3 puzzles and social casino experiences.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 18Last updated
Monster Busters:Match 3 Puzzle
v1.3.109
2mo ago
Primary focus
Casual match-3 puzzles and social casino games
Scale
studio
Target audience
Casual mobile gamers seeking narrative-driven puzzle progression or social casino environments with community-driven features like clubs and avatars.
The publisher maintains an extremely high development cadence with 55 releases across 18 active apps in the last six months, indicating a heavy focus on live-service operations.
18 apps analysed
Collectible system provides long-term engagement goals
Distributed across 9 markets, strongest in Europe.
Based on 1 of 18 apps with localized market data — more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
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Positive apps
5
Neutral / mixed
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Negative apps
50/100
Avg sentiment score
With over 1.1 million ratings and consistent bi-monthly updates, this title represents the primary scale-competitor in the classic match-3 puzzle space.
Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
As the industry standard-bearer for match-3, its massive scale and consistent 15-release cadence over six months define the benchmark for the entire puzzle category.
With over 722,000 ratings and a high-velocity release cadence, this is the dominant market leader in the social bingo category.
A direct thematic competitor in the jewel-matching niche with a high user satisfaction rating and consistent update cadence.
Maintains a very high user rating despite a lower release frequency, indicating strong core product satisfaction.
Directly competes with the target app's narrative-driven approach by embedding bingo within a story-based framework.
A dominant modern contender that has successfully captured the market through high-polish, ad-free-feeling gameplay loops.
A long-standing contender that maintains high engagement through a distinct 'tap-to-clear' mechanic rather than traditional swapping.
Successfully blends match-3 mechanics with deep meta-progression, forcing competitors to match their narrative-driven renovation loops.
Maintains high update frequency with 4 releases in the last six months, signaling a strong commitment to iterative product improvement.
Pivots the genre toward real-time competitive multiplayer, creating a distinct sub-genre within the match-3 space.
A stable, high-rated peer that focuses on global travel themes, overlapping with the target's time-travel concept.
A massive regional player in the puzzle space, demonstrating how platform-specific social integration can drive extreme retention.
Represents the shift toward 'triple-match' mechanics, which are currently capturing significant market share from traditional match-3 games.
A strong peer in the classic bingo sub-genre with high user satisfaction and consistent updates.
Disrupting the market by shifting the value proposition from social play to real-money skill-based competition.
Demonstrates extreme market agility with 27 releases in the last six months, indicating a highly iterative development process.
Represents the shift toward 'merge' mechanics as a primary competitor for the time and attention of match-3 players.
A rapidly growing title that has successfully pivoted the puzzle genre toward 3D sorting, showing massive recent traction.
Shows aggressive growth and high-frequency updates, positioning itself as a major threat in the narrative-puzzle space.
