Southeast Asia is the world’s fastest growing mobile games market and Thailand is one of the region’s most important markets. With game developers like Kiragames, Ammonite Studios, duckprog, and 37Games.Asia leading the way, the future of mobile gaming is certainly bright for the “Land Of Smiles.”
In this article, we will provide a number of detailed mobile games statistics and insights into the Thailand Android game market with focus on mobile games only. We will cover a number of topics, including: how many Thai game publishers exist on the Google Play Store, how many mobile games they have released, and how Thai 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 Thai addresses on the Android market have been considered. Furthermore, all download statistics are estimates.
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There are more than 525 Thai publishers on Google Play out of all 173,856 game publishers. One of the biggest Thai publishers are Runner Games, Jima Apps, Kiragames Co. Ltd., Real Free Soccer, Ammonite Studio, sengpedman, BigPanda Studios, Ambrine Studio, GAMEINDY, goGame . Less than 1% of all game publishers on Google Play are from Thailand. Find the biggest app publishers with our App Market Explorer.
There are more than 1,692 games from Thai publishers on Google Play out of the 446,893 games. Mobile Games with most downloads of Thai publishers are Soccer Super Star, Royal Casino, หมากฮอส, Audition Puzzle TH, Chayen - charades word guess party, Slots (Maruay99 Casino) – Slots Casino Happy Fish . Less than 1% of all mobile games on Google Play are from Thai publishers. Filter for mobile games by publisher country with our tool here.
The average rating of 1,692 games from Thai publishers on Google Play is 3.50 out of 5 stars. This is less than the overall average rating of all mobile games of 3.79 stars. Mobile Games from Thai publishers on Google Play have on average 4,501 ratings. This number is higher than the average number of ratings of all games, which is 6,426 ratings. Sort by the best rated game or by the game with most ratings directly in our App Market Explorer.
Mobile Games by Thai publishers have an average of 499.69k downloads. Overall they get more downloads than the average of all mobile games which is 461.12k. We offer also more detailed download estimates for any app.
4% of games by Thai publishers are paid. That is a lower value of paid mobile games compared to the overall games, where 5% are paid. 79% of games by Thai publishers include ads. That is a higher value compared to the whole world, where 73% games have ads. 27% of games by Thai publishers make use of In-App Payments to monetize. That is higher than the average of 21% of games.
32% of games of Thai 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 20%. 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 Thailand that accumulated most downloads.
Runner Games is on position 1 of the biggest Thai game publishers. They own 3 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 221.22m+ times.
Jima Apps is on position 2 of the biggest Thai game publishers. Jima Apps is a subsidiary of Hazel Mobile, a leading Pakistan-based games and application development studio. They deliver innovative ideas and believe that execution is the key to success. Jima Apps is the developer behind such apps as Crazy Car Driving Simulator 2 - Impossible Tracks, Stunt Bike Racing Tricks 2 - Ramp Bike Impossible, City Coach Bus Simulator 2019, Modern Tuk Tuk Auto Rickshaw: Free Driving Games (Early Access), and more. They own 11 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 167.16m+ times.
Kiragames Co., Ltd. is on position 3 of the biggest Thai game publishers. Kiragames Co., Ltd. is a Thai indie game development company. Founded in 2009, their passion is creating, developing, and publishing mobile games. Kiragames Co., Ltd. has developed and published Unblock Me FREE, Unblock Me Premium, Water Me Please! Water Game: Brain Teaser; and Link the Block : Connect Color Blocks with Line. They own 3 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 97.46m+ times.
Real Free Soccer is on position 4 of the biggest Thai game publishers. They own a single game that has been downloaded more than 43.18m+ times.
Ammonite Studio is on position 5 of the biggest Thai game publishers. Ammonite Studio is a mobile gaming app developer based in Thailand. Ammonite Studio has created the games Alpaca World HD+, Dream Cat Paradise, The Mask Singer - Tiny Stage, ปริศนาฟ้าแลบ, and more. They own 7 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 20.6m+ times.
sengpedman is on position 6 of the biggest Thai game publishers. sengpedman, which operates as duckprog, is a Thai mobile gaming studio. They believe there is nothing more comfortable than sitting with a game, eating crunchy snacks. sengpedman has developed the games: Thailand Radio, Always On, ตารางตัวอักษรญี่ปุ่น, หมากฮอส, and more. They own 8 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 16.15m+ times.
BigPanda Studios is on position 7 of the biggest Thai game publishers. They own 8 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 14.94m+ times.
Ambrine Studio is on position 8 of the biggest Thai game publishers. They own 9 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 14.63m+ times.
GAMEINDY is on position 9 of the biggest Thai game publishers. GAMEINDY is a mobile games studio based in Bangkok, Thailand. GAMEINDY has created a number of games, including Dummy ดัมมี่ - Casino Thai, Asura Inter, Star Candy - Puzzle Tower, Linemaze Puzzles, and more. They own 11 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 13.61m+ times.
goGame is on position 10 of the biggest Thai game publishers. They own 11 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 12.02m+ times.
The following shows which SDKs are most used by Thailand 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.
80% of mobile games from Thai publishers have Google Ads AdMob integrated. In total 1,160 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.
70% of mobile games from Thai publishers have Google Firebase integrated. In total 1,012 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.
59% of mobile games from Thai publishers have Unity3D integrated. In total 860 games.
43% of mobile games from Thai publishers have Android Support Library V4 integrated. In total 632 games. Android Support Library V4, developed by Google’s Android team, is a platform that helps app developers manage the release of new API versions. Rather than developing code to handle the provisioning of new features on earlier releases, developers can leverage Android Support Library V4 to provide that compatibility layer.
42% of mobile games from Thai publishers have Google Play In-app billing integrated. In total 612 games. Google Play In-App Billing is an SDK that lets developers sell digital content on Android applications. It can be used to sell one-time products, rewarded products, subscriptions, and more.
32% of mobile games from Thai publishers have Google Play Game Services integrated. In total 472 games. Google Play Game Services is an SDK that provides cross-platform services that gives app developers the ability to easily integrate popular gaming features such as achievements, leaderboards, Saved Games, and real-time multiplayer on their tablet and mobile games.
32% of mobile games from Thai publishers have Google Drive integrated. In total 469 games. The Google Drive SDK makes it possible for app developers to create mobile, web, and desktop apps that leverage Google Drive cloud storage. This includes reading, writing, and syncing files in Google Drive.
31% of mobile games from Thai publishers have Unity Ads integrated. In total 453 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.
24% of mobile games from Thai publishers have Google Analytics integrated. In total 356 games. Google Analytics is an analytics SDK that enables app developers to measure user interactions on their app. It is designed to give developers the tools necessary to collect, configure, and analyze data in order to reach the right audience.
The following shows which android permissions are most frequently request by Thailand 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. 95% of the games from Thai publishers use the Internet Access permission. Total 1,607 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. 89% of the games from Thai publishers use the Network Information Access permission. Total 1,503 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. 48% of the games from Thai publishers use the Phone Sleep Mode Preventation permission. Total 813 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. 44% of the games from Thai publishers use the Write External Storage permission. Total 737 games.
The com.android.vending.BILLING permission is required for the integration of billing in android applications. 40% of the games from Thai publishers use the Billing permission. Total 672 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. 30% of the games from Thai publishers use the Wifi Information Access permission. Total 515 games.
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE can be used within apps to allow them to accept cloud to device messages sent by the app’s service. It should be noted however, that using this service will incur data usage, and malicious apps could cause excess data usage. 25% of the games from Thai publishers use the Push Notification permission. Total 421 games.
The android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission allows app developers to enable their apps to read the contents of user SD cards. 24% of the games from Thai publishers use the Read External Storage permission. Total 400 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. 23% of the games from Thai publishers use the Vibration permission. Total 388 games.
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE enables apps to access the internal features of user devices. This makes it possible for apps to determine user phone numbers and device IDs, whether a call is active on a user’s device, and the remote phone number of those calling the user. 22% of the games from Thai publishers use the Phone State Access permission. Total 366 games.
42matters tracks everything from game meta data, to rankings, to download estimates, to changes in meta information, to SDK usage, to App-ads.txt and more. If you would like to leverage our data into your own product, research or app industry analysis, it can be obtained via our API or File Dumps or our interactive App Market Explorer.
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