2019 vs 2025: State of the Turkish gaming industry
Turkiye’s indie game scene is growing fast, but can this new wave avoid the mistakes that ended the hyper casual boom?
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A slow week on the news side, but we have some high-quality articles, interviews, and reports lined up for you!
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✒️ Articles of the Week
Hyper Casual vs. indie boom of Turkiye
Turkiye’s game development scene has entered a new phase. This time, it’s not hyper-casual driving the numbers; it’s indie developers.
In 2024, 90 locally developed games were released. In just the first half of 2025, over 60 more have already launched.
Around 400 games are expected to be released by the end of 2025 and into 2026.
This momentum is real, but the question now is whether it will last. Hyper casual started strong, too, then collapsed. The indie scene follows different rules, but it faces similar risks.
Gaming sector stands out in Turkiye’s sluggish Q1 2025 investment landscape
Despite a notable slowdown in overall startup activity, gaming startups emerged as a bright spot in Turkiye’s startup ecosystem during the first quarter of 2025. According to the Turkish Startup Ecosystem – 2025 Q1 Report by startups.watch, a total of $58 million was invested across 49 funding rounds.
From pockets to screens: Every film & series born from mobile games
We have gathered every adaptation born from mobile games—films, TV shows, and animated series, including both official and fan-made features, across all media formats.
🔍 Reports of the Week
🔍Squad Busters 2.0 and mo.co: What we learned from Supercell’s experimental era
After nearly six years without global releases from one of the most influential studios in mobile gaming, Supercell returned with two bold launches: Squad Busters on April 22, 2024, and mo.co on March 17, 2025.
This time, however, things didn’t go the way most would expect.
🔍Top mobile games see revenue surge in May 2025
As summer approaches, several top mobile games, including Royal Match, Brawl Stars, and Pokémon TCG Pocket, have experienced significant revenue growth.
🎙️ How Ricochet Squad breaks the mold with physics-driven gameplay — Dmitry Koblyk interview
Our interview with Dmitry Koblyk covers the origins of Ricochet Squad, game design details, challenges the team has faced, and its future plans.
🗺️ The event scene!
We visited our neighboring country, Bulgaria, for the Black Sea Game Summit event!
We are promoting the Mobidictum Conference to our lovely neighbours with lokum (baklava ), which will be at our event.
Thank you, municipality of Burgas, for the hospitality, and CreaTech for the invitation!
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