Fig 5 : Top 20 new games
Top 20 new games
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Lightning Storm ( Evolution Gaming ) Jackpot Hunter ( Pragmatic Play )
6 Jokers ( Pragmatic Play ) Dynamite Diggin Doug ( Pragmatic Play )
Joker ' s Jewels Wild ( Pragmatic Play ) Money Stacks ( Pragmatic Play ) Samurai Code ( Pragmatic Play )
12 Masks Of Fire Drums ( Gameburger Studios ) SixSixSix ( Hacksaw Gaming )
Rise Of Olympus Origins ( Play ' n GO ) Crank It Up ( Pragmatic Play )
Gold Fusion ( Slingshot Studios )
Centurion Big Money ( Inspired Entertainment ) Dragon Gold 88 ( Pragmatic Play ) Running Sushi ( Pragmatic Play )
Dragon ' s Domain ( Hacksaw Gaming ) Donny Dough ( Hacksaw Gaming )
King ' s Mask : Eclipse Of Gods ( Play ' n GO ) Mighty Wild Panther Grand Diamond Edition …
Bow Of Artemis ( Pragmatic Play ) 0
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20K |
40K |
60K |
80K |
100K |
No . of game positions |
Fig 6 : Game feature stats |
Game feature stats |
Q3 2024 Q2 2024 |
RTP |
95.45 % |
95.43 % |
Med vol % |
34.41 % |
34.45 % |
High vol % |
29.53 % |
29.52 % |
5 Reels % |
78.69 % |
78.98 % |
% Ways |
2.95 % |
3.02 % |
% using licensed third party brands |
1.55 % |
1.63 % |
Action & Adventure |
10.50 % |
10.40 % |
Latin |
1.70 % |
1.60 % |
Brown |
23.00 % |
23.00 % |
Silver |
11.40 % |
11.20 % |
Pink |
0.80 % |
0.70 % |
Fig 7 : Word cloud |
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charts do include live games unlike our monthly casino dashboards .
Pragmatic Play now accounts for 14 of all top 20 games . Book Of Dead ( Play ’ n GO ), and Starburst ( NetEnt ) complete the chasers . The top two , Gates of Olympus and Sweet Bonanza , are at the same spot as they were this time last year .
In the new games chart Pragmatic Play has lost some of its dominance . Play ’ n GO , Hacksaw Gaming , Games Global , Inspired Entertainment and Wazdan have all landed some winners recently . Meanwhile , Evolution Gaming ’ s Lightning Storm takes top spot ( Fig 5 ).
HIGH-VOLATILITY GAMES ARE ON THE RISE
High-volatility games slightly grew their share of overall game distribution . The ubiquitous five-reel slots are slightly down while six-reel games are gaining in popularity .
The ‘ ways ’ share of all content has decreased from 3 % last quarter to 2.95 % ( or 4.17 % down from 4.26 % of the ‘ slots ’ game type ). MGA , Playtech and Games Global are all growing their share of branded content out there , but the category is down again . Branded games ’ share of all content has declined q-on-q and now represents just 1.55 % of all tiles .
The top themes in Q3 are still money , action and adventure , and luck , all of which increased in popularity . Other growing themes are Latin , cute , sports and crime . Those on the wane include romance , magic and beauty .
As regards game colours , black , brown and silver continue to have the greatest share , with silver showing strongly . Despite the decline in romance and beauty , pink is also on the rise ( Fig 6 ).
THE LAST WORD
As the word cloud shows , some of the most popular game words are jackpot , cash , gold and lucky ( Fig 7 ).
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