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Now that smartphones are standard accessories, consumers want simple, entertaining games to play on their devices. The ten most popular mobile games were downloaded more than 7 billion times over the past decade, and there's no reason to think the trend will slow down.
Games that proved most popular shared simple, easy to understand game play with clear objectives and rewards. Racing games had the most downloads, claiming three of the top ten spots. Most of the games on the list are low stakes and low commitment, so people can just jump in and play them for a few minutes. However, some people are clearly dedicated, like players who log 16 hours a day on "Clash of Clans," or people who watch a Subway Surfer animated series.
Here are the top ten most downloaded games of the past decade:
6. "Pou" tied with the preceding four games for the No. 6 spot, with 600 million downloads. The app is in the style of Tamagotchi, where Pou is a virtual pet that must be fed and played with.
5. "Clash of Clans," which you might recognize from countless ads, is a game about defending a fortress and attacking other clans, and it has dominated the App Store since its 2012 release. It was downloaded 700 million times this decade.
Like many games on this list, Clash of Clans is a "freemium" game, meaning it's free to download and play, but there are paid upgrades within the app. Notably, some wealthy players reportedly spent over $1 million on in-game purchases.
4. "My Talking Tom" has over 800 million downloads. In 2014, the app had nearly 50 million more users than Twitter, and fans played an enormous 3.42 billion hours between May and July of 2018 alone.
1. Finally, "Subway Surfers" was the most downloaded mobile game of the decade, with 1.5 billion downloads. The game was so popular that developer SYBO Games even launched an animated series based on the game.
