Total Battle War Strategy: $600k/day revenue 4X genre success with innovative onboarding

Total Battle is a war strategy game that will allow you to become immersed in a fantasy world of battles between ancient civilizations, magic kingdoms, and great empires. Join the legendary heroes of the mighty kingdoms and build your empire in the magical world of Total Battle!
Join the company of legendary heroes in Total Battle who’ll defend their territory at all costs and fight against monsters, barbarians, wizards, elves, and other foes. Develop a base and establish a strong tower defense to win all the kings battles in this medieval strategy war game and become the Lord of all the Kingdoms!
This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers session #115. Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let’s not forget this is a 4 a.m. conference discussion vibe, so let's not take it too seriously.
Panelists: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jakub Remia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Felix Braberg, Matej Lancaric⁠
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Agenda
00:00 Epic intro
01:46 Overview of Total Battle and Score Warrior
04:43 The Success of Total Battle
06:31 Positioning of Total Battle in the 4X Genre
09:17 The Gameplay and Mechanics of Total Battle
21:08 The Future of Total Battle and the 4X Genre
25:03 Introduction to Total Battle and its monetization success
26:16 Unique mechanics: Onboarding tutorial and hospital system
30:39 Effective creatives and user acquisition strategies
37:13 Total Battle's Strong Presence on KZbin
46:56 Potential concepts for Total Battle's creatives
49:07 Success in the competitive 4X genre
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Matej Lancaric
User Acquisition & Creatives Consultant
⁠lancaric.me
Felix Braberg
Ad monetization consultant
⁠www.felixbraberg.com
Jakub Remiar
Game design consultant
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Takeaways
Total Battle has achieved significant success, generating $600k per day in IAP revenues.
The game features innovative onboarding mechanics, including a simulated 4X map within the city.
Total Battle incorporates puzzle mechanics and a story mode to engage players.
The game has experienced a surge in popularity, reaching a peak of $14 million in monthly revenues in May 2024. Total Battle is a successful 4X strategy game, generating around $600k per day.
The game features unique mechanics, such as an onboarding tutorial within the game's map and a hospital system for resurrecting troops.
Total Battle utilizes effective creatives and user acquisition strategies, with a variety of concepts and playables used to attract and engage players.
Total Battle demonstrates the potential for success in the competitive 4X genre.
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[@JoelDiab]

You guys should totally do a live episode!! Love the content and thank you so much for doing what you guys do!

[@2.5gamers]

Thanks a lot for kind words!

[@whiletrue1-wb6xf]

Very good, but what is missing (here and in other videos) is the profit, not the revenue. What is your estimation of the UA spend out of this 600k revenue?

[@HoldFamily]

Agree - would be good to get an informed estimate on this.

[@arammartirosyan912]

Total battle is a trully gem of 4x strategies for mobiles

[@2.5gamers]

Great game indeed!

[@venumspyder]

Are those D1 retention numbers accurate? They seem kind of low.....

[@2.5gamers]

Its based on Sensort tower estimations

[@akshayrajareddy5181]

Hey guys ! Are you using a premium version of sensortower to do the analysis ?

[@2.5gamers]

Yeah

[@yuanchaoyao3723]

evony is chinese

[@2.5gamers]

Thanks for info!