Turkey Mobile Gaming Statistics in 2023
- Last update: 22 Jun 2023 CET
In Turkey, gaming is big business. The industry is well on its way to averaging a billion dollars in revenue every year, over half of which is generated by mobile games. Lead by the likes of Good Job Games, Soner Kara, and Fast Free Games, Turkish mobile games studios have successfully tapped a market of over 30 million domestic gamers and hundreds of millions more abroad.
In this article, we will provide a number of detailed mobile games statistics and insights into the Turkey Android game market with focus on mobile games only. We will cover a number of topics, including: how many Turkish game publishers exist on the Google Play Store, how many mobile games they have released, and how Turkish 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 Turkish addresses on the Android market have been considered. Furthermore, all download statistics are estimates.
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There are more than 2,849 Turkish publishers on Google Play out of all 191,755 game publishers. One of the biggest Turkish publishers are Good Job Games, skgames, Rollic Games, ckgames, Ruby Game Studio, Zuuks Games, Alictus, Fugo Games, Sir Studios, Serkan Özyılmaz . Overall 1% of all game publishers on Google Play are from Turkey. Find the biggest app publishers with our App Market Explorer.
There are more than 11,143 games from Turkish publishers on Google Play out of the 536,791 games. Mobile Games with most downloads of Turkish publishers are Traffic Rider, Words of Wonders: Crossword, Lifting Hero, Twisted Tangle, Fashion Battle - Dress up game, Traffic Racer, Bus Simulator : Ultimate, 101 Muhabbet, Seçim Oyunu 2023, Car Parking 3D: Online Drift . 2% of all mobile games on Google Play are from Turkish publishers. Filter for mobile games by publisher country with our tool here.
The average rating of 11,143 games from Turkish publishers on Google Play is 3.97 out of 5 stars. This is better than the overall average rating of all mobile games which is 3.93. Mobile Games from Turkish publishers on Google Play have on average 7,589 ratings. This number is higher than the average number of ratings of all games, which is 6,662 ratings. Sort by the best rated game or by the game with most ratings directly in our App Market Explorer.
Mobile Games by Turkish publishers have an average of 952.89k downloads. Overall they get more downloads than the average of all mobile games which is 570.27k. We offer also more detailed download estimates for any app.
2% of games by Turkish publishers are paid. That is a lower value of paid mobile games compared to the overall games, where 4% are paid. 75% of games by Turkish publishers include ads. That is a higher value compared to the whole world, where 72% games have ads. 23% of games by Turkish publishers make use of In-App Payments to monetize. That is higher than the average of 20% of games.
22% of games of Turkish publishers are available on both Google Play and iTunes. Overall they put more 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 Turkey that accumulated most downloads.
Good Job Games is on position 1 of the biggest Turkish game publishers. Good Job Games is a Turkish mobile gaming studio based in Istanbul. They are one of the fastest growing and leading mobile game publishers in the world. Good Job Games has developed such games as Fun Race 3D, Color Balls 3D, Paint Pop 3D, Run Race 3D, and more. They own 25 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 1.78b+ times.
skgames is on position 2 of the biggest Turkish game publishers. They own 3 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 929.05m+ times.
Rollic Games is on position 3 of the biggest Turkish game publishers. They own 150 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 888.04m+ times.
ckgames is on position 4 of the biggest Turkish game publishers. They own 16 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 522.51m+ times.
Ruby Game Studio is on position 5 of the biggest Turkish game publishers. They own 22 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 506.3m+ times.
Zuuks Games is on position 6 of the biggest Turkish game publishers. Zuuks Games is a Turkish mobile gaming app developer that was founded in 2014. Zuuks Games has built many apps, including: Call of Outlaws, Bus Simulator : Ultimate, City Driving 3D, Truck Simulator 2018 : Europe, and more. They own 9 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 426.51m+ times.
Alictus is on position 7 of the biggest Turkish game publishers. They own 42 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 339.23m+ times.
Fugo Games is on position 8 of the biggest Turkish game publishers. Fugo Games is a mobile casual gaming company that specializes in iOS and Android app development. With their games they try to deliver the best possible casual gaming experience. They believe strongly that every great game needs to have a simple and fun core gaming principle. Fugo Games has created a number of apps, including: Words of Wonders: Crossword to Connect Vocabulary, Words of Wonders: Search, О!Думи, Wordz, and more. They own 7 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 259.58m+ times.
Sir Studios is on position 9 of the biggest Turkish game publishers. They own 6 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 238.05m+ times.
Serkan Özyılmaz is on position 10 of the biggest Turkish game publishers. Serkan Özyılmaz is a Turkish mobile gaming studio that produced one of the most challenging and fun games of 2018. Serkan Özyılmaz is the game studio behind the app Rise Up. They own a single game that has been downloaded more than 213.72m+ times.
The following shows which SDKs are most used by Turkey 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 Turkish publishers have FMOD integrated. In total 8,298 games.
78% of mobile games from Turkish publishers have Unity3D integrated. In total 8,297 games.
74% of mobile games from Turkish publishers have Google Firebase integrated. In total 7,859 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.
67% of mobile games from Turkish publishers have Google Ads AdMob integrated. In total 7,172 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.
66% of mobile games from Turkish publishers have Google Ads AdMob Mediation Adapters integrated. In total 7,083 games.
33% of mobile games from Turkish publishers have Facebook integrated. In total 3,559 games. Facebook offers an SDK that helps app developers build engaging social apps and get more installs. The SDK enables everything from powerful analytics, to Facebook’s secure login feature, to Facebook ads.
32% of mobile games from Turkish publishers have Kotlin integrated. In total 3,440 games.
32% of mobile games from Turkish publishers have Unity Ads integrated. In total 3,436 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.
31% of mobile games from Turkish publishers have Android Sqlite integrated. In total 3,262 games.
30% of mobile games from Turkish publishers have ZXing integrated. In total 3,192 games. ZXing – also known as “zebra crossing” – is an open-source, multi-format barcode image processing library implemented in Java, with ports to other languages. It supports 1D product, 1D industrial, and 2D barcodes.
The following shows which android permissions are most frequently request by Turkey 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 Turkish publishers use the Internet Access permission. Total 10,682 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. 92% of the games from Turkish publishers use the Network Information Access permission. Total 10,247 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. 64% of the games from Turkish publishers use the Phone Sleep Mode Preventation permission. Total 7,164 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. 45% of the games from Turkish publishers use the Install Referrer permission. Total 5,018 games.
android.permission.VIBRATE makes it possible for app builders to give their apps control over the vibrating function of the devices they are running on. 34% of the games from Turkish publishers use the Vibration permission. Total 3,815 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. 33% of the games from Turkish publishers use the Start At Boot Time permission. Total 3,632 games.
The com.android.vending.BILLING permission is required for the integration of billing in android applications. 33% of the games from Turkish publishers use the Billing permission. Total 3,629 games.
32% of the games from Turkish publishers use the com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID permission. Total 3,579 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. 32% of the games from Turkish publishers use the Wifi Information Access permission. Total 3,563 games.
26% of the games from Turkish publishers use the android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE permission. Total 2,880 games.
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