Undoubtedly due to this arrangement, 96 percent of the game's estimated 4.5 million total downloads are from Android users. China and Great Britain represent the next largest markets with 9 and 5 percent of all-time worldwide revenue, respectively.Īlto's Odyssey is free to download from Google Play with in-app purchases, but the title is a $4.99 premium game on the App Store. Most of the game's success has been driven by players in the United States, who account for 42 percent of spending to date. To date, Alto's Adventure has grossed more than $3.5 million worldwide That first million was made in about eight months, which puts Alto's Odyssey on a much faster trajectory than its predecessor, which took almost a year to reach the same milestone. Now, Sensor Tower's Store Intelligence data shows that, in the time since its launch, the adventure game has grossed more than $1 million worldwide across the App Store and Google Play. This is great news for Android gamers, for sure, who will finally get a chance to play this charming, utterly delightful mobile game.Indie studio Snowman released Alto's Odyssey, its Apple Design Award winning sequel to Alto's Adventure, in early February. In addition, the larger install base of Android in countries like China and Japan–markets that are majority free-to-play–helped the team decide to capitalize on the international market with a free version. The team says that piracy on Android is a massive issue for games that charge more than $0.99, making a move to free a no-brainer. Why make the Alto’s Adventure free on Android, then? Because of piracy, mainly. Ryan Cash, a programmer with the Snowman group, a group that works with Noodlecake Studio, mentioned.
“The gameplay and structure are entirely intact, so players are going to get the same experience on Android that they’re getting on iOS.” Its worth noting that Altos Adventure is completely free. “The biggest thing we wanted to ensure was that the actual gameplay wouldn’t change with the shift from paid to free,” Ryan Cash of Snowman told The Verge. The game will work the same as on iOS, but will include advertisements as well as in-app purchases like a coin doubler. Developer Snowman partnered with Noodlecake Games, known for its Android-porting expertise, to bring the swooshing, coin-collecting, jumping, and just plain engaging endless runner to Google Play.
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