Swedish developer Midjiwan is celebrating a milestone 20 million downloads of its hit technique sport The Battle of Polytopia throughout Google Play and the App Retailer.

Since its launch as a Flash sport in 2016, the sport has gone on to be successful on a wide range of platforms together with Steam, the Nintendo Swap, and even Tesla vehicles. Moreover, the sport has confirmed so profitable that Stockholm has a devoted retailer, Polytopia Store of Souveniers, promoting official merchandise.

“By reaching greater than 20 million gamers, we’ve confirmed that you just don’t have to be aggressive with monetisation to have a profitable cellular sport,” mentioned Midjiwan basic supervisor Christian Lövstedt.

“In actual fact, that’s precisely why our sport is a success – we give attention to offering nice gameplay, not the enterprise mannequin. These values will proceed lengthy into the longer term as we proceed to develop throughout platforms and discover potential future titles within the Polytopia universe.”

The street to success

Polytopia’s success is attributed partially to its mixture of cellular gaming and PC gameplay, serving to it stand out from different cellular 4X technique video games constructed for cellular. Moreover, the sport has discovered success with its laidback monetisation technique, specializing in cosmetics and expansions with no in-game foreign money or pay-to-win mechanics. This has helped the sport grow to be a success with critics and customers alike, resulting in it taking dwelling the “Excellence in Gameplay” award on the 2017 Worldwide Cell Gaming Awards.

“After I began making The Battle of Polytopia, I needed to create the form of sport that I’d get pleasure from, that wasn’t already accessible anyplace else,” mentioned Midjiwan founder and sport designer Felix Ekenstam. “The concept was to construct the perfect strategic sport whereas mixing it with the simplicity and accessibility you’d anticipate on cellular, however with out all of the aggressive monetisation nonsense this viewers hates. Now, 20 million downloads later, I believe it’s secure to say my imaginative and prescient for the sport has been validated.

“I’d like to offer an enormous thanks to the followers who’ve stayed with us on our journey, and we’ve acquired much more coming down the street for The Battle of Polytopia that I believe they and new gamers alike will love.”

In different milestone information, Monster Hunter Now has reached 5 million installs inside its first week.