Kongregate Publishing: 2017 in Review
What’s the best word to describe Kongregate’s Publishing Program in 2017? Growth. We brought in over 52 million new players on mobile, and greatly expanded our presence on web, Steam, and console for the first time. Ongoing Support for Launched Games Games we launched in 2016 anchored the foundation of 2017. Hyper Hippo’s AdVenture Capitalist soared to new heights with extended marketing campaigns and Kongregate’s first experience with playable ads. Since the start of the year, AdCap tripled its daily active users on the back of successful user acquisition and strong game updates. Not a bad way to celebrate a second birthday! Additionally, Animation Throwdown continued to thrive, powered by tons of incredibly funny content, dozens and dozens of cards, and exciting new games modes. 2017 brought in millions of new players on mobile alone. New Global Launches In the spring, Kongregate filed its TPS Reports (thrice) and launched Ultrabit’s Office Space: Idle Profits. Grabbing your favorite characters, and the zeitgeist of everyone thinking their computers would be erased during the year 2000 (remember that,