Boost Mobile Game Retention with 5 Hacks

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BOOST GAME RETENTION WITH 6 HACKS BACKED BY SCIENCE

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Learn 6 easy growth hacks that will boost your mobile game's retention. Caroline Lee, the Community Developer @polljoy shows you how some easy to duplicate hacks that you can apply to your strategy and dramatically improve your app's retention. Prevent your users from leaving your mobile game and app and boost your retention. More more marketing hacks and tips for app developers, visit polljoy's blog : https://blog.polljoy.com And if you are looking for an in-app rating prompts service to boost your 5 star ratings and your revenue, check www.polljoy.com.

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BOOST GAME RETENTION WITH

6 HACKS BACKED BY SCIENCE

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WHEN IT COMES TO FREEMIUM,

GAME USER RETENTION IS KING

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Use psychology to drive up

game retention

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A game that monetises

well but only retains for

short periods may

generate revenue in the

short term...

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But will burn through

users and fail long term.

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On the

other hand...

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Higher game retention will

lift you on Apple and

Google’s app store

rankings algorithm.

Bringing in more users in a

virtuous cycle.

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Higher game

retention

=More In App

Purchases

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1/ Emphasise investment

and progress

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In mobile, this means

people will be more willing

to return to a game if they

perceive they have made

progress.

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Example: Township

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You begin with a basic city

up and running rather than

being asked to start it from

scratch.

Giving you the sense of

investment and ownership.

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2/ Encourage collection

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Humans have the desire to collect items

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Increase mobile game

retention through the use of

collectible sets to complete

and achievements.

Encouraging users to stay

longer to finish a collection

they have started.

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Example: Mystery Manor

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3. Have specific calls-

to-action

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In this study, researchers found

that adding a specific call to

action greatly increased the

amount of students getting their

tetanus shots.

The number of participants getting

vaccinated rose from 3.3% to an

impressive 33%.

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Use push notifications

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4/ Foster community

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Human are hardwired to seek

out interaction and

relationships with others.

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Include community

features

● Facebook page

● Social feedback

● “Popular with the community”

sections

● Commenting, sharing and following

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Example: Candy Crush incorporates

cooperation and competition in its gameplay

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5/ Add randomness

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There’s a reasons casinos keep

sucking players back in.

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Since the 1920s and the famous

experiments of B.F. Skinner,

science has shown a variable

reinforcement schedule (eg payoffs

or rewards, both physical and

psychological) can greatly help

reinforce behaviour patterns.

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Adding some “luck” to your

app or game can help keep

users keeping coming back.

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6/ Listen to why users

are dropping

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Whether in the first day or

after the first year, users will

drop out.

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Use your statistics package

(Flurry, Mixpanel etc)

to understand where the drops

occur.

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And use an in-app prompts (polljoy).

It lets you directly ask for feedback

from the users just before the drop

points, analyse results and identify

what needs to be fixed.

It can also reward users for giving

the feedback.

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t www.polljoy.com/blog

For more tips on how to improve your

Mobile app & game ranking and get

more 5 star reviews, follow our blog:

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