Indonesia Mobile Gaming Statistics in 2023
- Last update: 21 Jun 2023 CET
While video and streaming apps are the most popular app genres in Indonesia, mobile gaming is not far behind. Indeed, because gaming apps don’t require purchases – but instead, provide immediately accessible content to users – there is a low engagement barrier which results in more frequent use.
In this article, we will provide a number of detailed mobile games statistics and insights into the Indonesia Android game market with focus on mobile games only. We will cover a number of topics, including: how many Indonesian game publishers exist on the Google Play Store, how many mobile games they have released, and how Indonesian mobile games have performed compared to the global average. The data is aggregated based on address, such that only major game publishers and ones with valid Indonesian addresses on the Android market have been considered. Furthermore, all download statistics are estimates.
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There are more than 1,505 Indonesian publishers on Google Play out of all 191,595 game publishers. One of the biggest Indonesian publishers are LOCOS, Tazkan Games, Maleo, Riot Games Inc, IDBS Studio, Tebak Gambar, Minimo, Lion Studios Plus, Own Games, Meluapp . Less than 1% of all game publishers on Google Play are from Indonesia. Find the biggest app publishers with our App Market Explorer.
There are more than 5,416 games from Indonesian publishers on Google Play out of the 536,857 games. Mobile Games with most downloads of Indonesian publishers are School Cafeteria Simulator, Higgs Bearfish, Pianika Lite - Basuri, Bus Simulator Indonesia, Melodica, Mobile Bus Simulator . 1% of all mobile games on Google Play are from Indonesian publishers. Filter for mobile games by publisher country with our tool here.
The average rating of 5,416 games from Indonesian publishers on Google Play is 4.02 out of 5 stars. This is better than the overall average rating of all mobile games which is 3.93. Mobile Games from Indonesian publishers on Google Play have on average 3,288 ratings. This number is higher than the average number of ratings of all games, which is 6,661 ratings. Sort by the best rated game or by the game with most ratings directly in our App Market Explorer.
Mobile Games by Indonesian publishers have an average of 238.67k downloads. Overall they get more downloads than the average of all mobile games which is 570.14k. We offer also more detailed download estimates for any app.
3% of games by Indonesian publishers are paid. That is a lower value of paid mobile games compared to the overall games, where 4% are paid. 83% of games by Indonesian publishers include ads. That is a higher value compared to the whole world, where 72% games have ads. 17% of games by Indonesian publishers make use of In-App Payments to monetize. That is less compared to 20% the overall mobile games use.
5% of games of Indonesian publishers are available on both Google Play and iTunes. But overall they put less effort in publishing on both stores, compared to the average publisher with 17%. Use our iOS to Android Matching API or Android to iOS Matching API to find the same app across stores.
The following are the top publishers from Indonesia that accumulated most downloads.
LOCOS is on position 1 of the biggest Indonesian game publishers. LOCOS is an indie game developer that specializes in publishing simulation games. They are based in Indonesia. LOCOS has developed and published the games Mobile Truck Simulator, Mobile Bus Simulator, and Telolet Bus Driving 3D. They own 3 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 117.46m+ times.
Tazkan Games is on position 2 of the biggest Indonesian game publishers. Tazkan Games is an Indonesian mobile gaming app developer. Tazkan Games has created the games Drop Stack Ball - Fall Helix Blast Crash 3D, Circle Hole 3D!, Ring Pipe - Slice Shape Corn, Drop Stack Shoot, and more. They own 19 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 115.08m+ times.
Maleo is on position 3 of the biggest Indonesian game publishers. Maleo is an Indonesian game developer. They are primarily focused on developing simulation games. Maleo has developed the games Bus Simulator Indonesia and Bus Telolet Maker. They own 3 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 114.42m+ times.
Riot Games, Inc is on position 4 of the biggest Indonesian game publishers. Riot Games, Inc is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in West Los Angeles, California. The company was founded in 2006 Riot Games, Inc has developed TFT: Teamfight Tactics, League+, Legends of Runeterra, and League of Legends: Wild Rift. They own 4 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 96.05m+ times.
IDBS Studio is on position 5 of the biggest Indonesian game publishers. IDBS Studio is an Indonesian simulation game developer. IDBS Studio has developed IDBS Indonesia Truck Simulator, IDBS Bus Simulator, IDBS Polisi, IDBS Thailand Bus Simulator, and more. They own 17 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 95.39m+ times.
Tebak Gambar is on position 6 of the biggest Indonesian game publishers. Tebak Gambar is a mobile gaming app developer and publisher. They are based in Indonesia. Tebak Gambar has developed and published Tebak Gambar and DET: solve the mystery. They own 2 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 44.56m+ times.
Minimo is on position 7 of the biggest Indonesian game publishers. Minimo is a mobile game developer based in Indonesia. They are particularly interested in publishing racing games. Minimo published Mini Racing Adventures and Extreme Racing Adventure. They own 2 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 41.89m+ times.
Lion Studios Plus is on position 8 of the biggest Indonesian game publishers. They own 14 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 35.53m+ times.
Own Games is on position 9 of the biggest Indonesian game publishers. Own Games is a mobile games developer based in Indonesia. Their goal is to share happiness through smartphone apps. Own Games is the developer behind the games Own Coffee Shop: Idle Tap Game, Masaru Block Puzzle, Ginger Brat Chase, Simfoni Telolet, and more. They own 45 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 30.8m+ times.
Meluapp is on position 10 of the biggest Indonesian game publishers. They own 7 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 22.49m+ times.
The following shows which SDKs are most used by Indonesia game publishers. To find out which mobile games integrate the following SDK use our App Market Explorer. We have also aggregated the worldwide Top Ad Network SDKs and other categories.
78% of mobile games from Indonesian publishers have Google Ads AdMob integrated. In total 3,953 games. Google Ads AdMob is a mobile advertising platform that enables users to monetize their mobile applications via in-app advertising. AdMob is based on the Google Mobile Ads SDK and serves over 200 billion ad requests a month, with over 1 million advertisers and 1 million apps currently running on the AdMob mobile ad network.
77% of mobile games from Indonesian publishers have Google Ads AdMob Mediation Adapters integrated. In total 3,898 games.
74% of mobile games from Indonesian publishers have Google Firebase integrated. In total 3,754 games. Firebase is a mobile and web application development platform SDK that gives app builders the ability to develop their apps faster, without worrying about infrastructure. It includes functionalities like analytics, databases, messaging and crash reporting so developers can move quickly and focus on their users.
48% of mobile games from Indonesian publishers have FMOD integrated. In total 2,407 games.
47% of mobile games from Indonesian publishers have Unity3D integrated. In total 2,396 games.
36% of mobile games from Indonesian publishers have Unity Ads integrated. In total 1,831 games. The Unity Ads SDK helps publishers integrate especially video advertisements, aimed at maximizing revenue and improving user experience, into their games. Unity Ads gives developers the ability to offer users a variety of rewards in exchange for watching videos, such as additional “life,” currency, score increases, etc.
33% of mobile games from Indonesian publishers have Google Mobile Ads Consent AdMob SDK integrated. In total 1,686 games. Google Mobile Ads Consent AdMob SDK was designed to support publishers in meeting the requirements outlined in the EU ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Google Mobile Ads Consent AdMob SDK provides utility functions for collecting consent from users to use their personal data, cookies, or other local storage, to serve ads.
32% of mobile games from Indonesian publishers have Android Sqlite integrated. In total 1,628 games.
27% of mobile games from Indonesian publishers have Kotlin integrated. In total 1,381 games.
24% of mobile games from Indonesian publishers have gson integrated. In total 1,238 games. Gson is a Google-developed Java library that app developers can leverage to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation, and vice versa. It works with arbitrary Java objects, including pre-existing objects of which developers do not have the source-code.
The following shows which android permissions are most frequently request by Indonesia mobile games publishers. Use our App Market Explorer to filter the Google Play Store by mobile games with specific permissions.
android.permission.INTERNET makes it possible for app publishers to create network sockets and use custom network protocols within their apps. This permission is not required for internet connection however, as the mobile browser provides all apps with the ability to send data to the internet. 96% of the games from Indonesian publishers use the Internet Access permission. Total 5,180 games.
The android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permission can be leveraged by app developers to enable their apps to view information about network connections. This information includes such things as which networks exist and which already have connections. 90% of the games from Indonesian publishers use the Network Information Access permission. Total 4,881 games.
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK gives apps the ability to prevent the phone they are running on from going into sleep mode. This is good for apps, like YouTube, that get extended periods of engagement that do not necessarily require the user to touch the screen or otherwise interact physically with the device. 65% of the games from Indonesian publishers use the Phone Sleep Mode Preventation permission. Total 3,524 games.
App publishers can leverage android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE to enable their app to view information about Wi-Fi networking. This includes whether Wi-Fi is enabled and the names of the connected Wi-Fi devices. 36% of the games from Indonesian publishers use the Wifi Information Access permission. Total 1,934 games.
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE makes it possible for app developers to enable their apps to modify or delete the contents of users’ SD cards. 35% of the games from Indonesian publishers use the Write External Storage permission. Total 1,889 games.
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED gives apps the ability to start themselves as soon as the system it is running on has finished booting. It should be noted, however, that this can often slow down the phone start time. In addition, it can slow down the device generally by enabling the app to run constantly. 34% of the games from Indonesian publishers use the Start At Boot Time permission. Total 1,860 games.
The com.android.vending.BILLING permission is required for the integration of billing in android applications. 34% of the games from Indonesian publishers use the Billing permission. Total 1,849 games.
Apps often advertise other apps. By leveraging com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE apps can make sure that installs of other apps launched via their ads are properly attributed. 34% of the games from Indonesian publishers use the Install Referrer permission. Total 1,839 games.
33% of the games from Indonesian publishers use the com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID permission. Total 1,768 games.
32% of the games from Indonesian publishers use the android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE permission. Total 1,732 games.
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