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Royal Revolt 2 attempts to conquer the App Store

Who's king of the castle?

Royal Revolt 2 attempts to conquer the App Store

Another week, another Charticle, but which game will we be putting under the microscope?

You know, I'm glad you asked.

This week we'll be taking a look at Flaregames' strategic castle defence sequel, Royal Revolt 2.

As a free-to-play title that's been featured on the App Store home page in 112 places on iPhone, and 229 places on iPad (although it's only got the bigger features in European countries), you might expect Royal Revolt 2 to be on the rise.

Of course, expectations often lead to disappointment, which is why we're on hand to find out if Royal Revolt 2 is the King of the App Store, or just a peasant in disguise.

App Store royalty?

In the US, Royal Revolt 2 has been virtually invisible.

In terms of downloads, it peaked at #61 on the US iPhone free app chart, and when it comes to the top grossing chart, it peaked at #79, and since has struggled to nail down a permanent place.

Its fortunes haven't been any better on iPad either.

Download-wise, it ranked much higher, hitting #12 in the US, but in terms of the top grossing iPad chart, Royal Revolt 2 only managed to sneak into the top 100 - peaking at #81 - for four days before dropping straight back out.

A fleeting visit to say the least. 

Royal Revolt 2's top grossing performance on the US iPhone top 100 chart - via App Annie

Back home

As a German-developed game, Royal Revolt 2 has done better in Europe, though.

On the EU5 top grossing chart for iPad - which looks at Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the UK - Royal Revolt 2 has broken into the top 100 in all five countries.

The game has been particularly well received in Germany and Italy, peaking at #13 in both countries, where it also enjoyed a decent spell inside of the top 50.

Royal Revolt 2's top grossing performance on the European iPad top 100 chart - via App Annie

On the EU5 top grossing chart for iPhone, the game displayed a similar level of performance.

It has managed to break into the top 100 in all five countries, and again its strongest showing was in Germany and Italy, where it peaked #14 and #9 respectively.

Despite doing well in Europe on the whole, the game failed to take flight in the UK where it only managed to break into the top 100 for three days, peaking at #77, before plummeting

Royal Revolt 2's top grossing performance on the European iPhone top 100 chart - via App Annie

Indeed, one of the interesting aspects of Royal Revolt 2's general performance is that it's been downloaded much more on iPad - particularly due to App Store featuring - but relatively-speaking it's monetised better on iPhone. 

Asian promise

Looking at Asian markets - in this case Japan and South Korea - the game's performance has been something of a mixed bag.

In Japan, Royal Revolt 2 hasn't managed to make it into the top 100 top grossing charts.

It isn't all doom and gloom though, as in South Korea, the game has been ticking over nicely, peaking at #26, and performing admirably inside of the top 100.

Royal Revolt 2's top grossing performance on the South Korean iPhone top 100 chart - via App Annie

Also, reversing the situation in the US and Europe, in South Korea and Japan, the game's actually performed (slightly) better on iPad than iPhone. 

Royal Revolt 2 has broken into the top 100 in Japan, peaking at #69, while in South Korea it looks extremely comfortable inside of the top 50, and occasionally, the top 10.

Royal Revolt 2's top grossing performance on the Japanese and South Korean iPad top 100 chart - via App Annie

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