Game Growth Advisor Blog

Practical insights on partnerships, distribution, cloud gaming, B2B2C launch strategy, and the commercial decisions behind gaming growth.
20+ years across gaming, operators, platforms, and business development distilled into actionable advice.

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UA & Go-To-Market

UA Agency vs In-House for Mobile Games: The 2026 Spend Thresholds

When a UA agency beats an in-house team for mobile games, and when it stops. The 2026 thresholds in monthly media spend, the fee arithmetic that decides them, and why the crossover is a band rather than a line.

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Fractional Leadership

Game Consulting Pricing 2026: Real Fees, Stated Days, No Day Rate

What gaming consulting costs in 2026, in euros, with the day count attached to every price. Why published day-rate tables put a senior specialist at four to nine times the French market, and what I quote instead.

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Mobile Gaming Strategy

Game Economy Design: Balancing Currencies, Sinks & Progression

A practical guide to game economy design: balance virtual currencies, sources, sinks, and progression pacing to control inflation and protect long-term revenue.

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Fractional Leadership

Mobile Game P&L Structure: Unit Economics Before You Scale

How a mobile game P&L is structured: revenue lines, cost stack, contribution margin by genre, and the LTV:CAC math you need before spending on UA.

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Fractional Leadership

How to Choose a Gaming Consultant: 15 Questions to Ask

A senior operator's framework for how to choose a gaming consultant: 15 vetting questions on P&L scale, scope, conflicts, and handover before you sign.

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Fractional Leadership

Gaming Consultant ROI: How to Measure Engagement Value

A practical framework to measure gaming consultant ROI: financial KPIs (LTV:CAC, ARPDAU, CPI) plus operational gains. Justify and evaluate consulting spend.

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Mobile Gaming Strategy

Mobile Game Paywall & IAP Pricing Optimization 2026

A conversion playbook for mobile game paywall optimization and IAP pricing: timing, value triggers, bundles, and locale tests that lift revenue per install.

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Fractional Leadership

How to Brief a Gaming Consultant: Scope, Cost & ROI Guide

How to write a gaming consultant brief that gets ROI: define scope and deliverables, choose retainer vs project, and understand 2026 gaming consulting costs.

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Mobile Gaming Strategy

Hybrid Monetization for Mobile Games: IAP + Ads Guide 2026

Hybrid monetization for mobile games explained: how to balance IAP and ads, set revenue splits by genre, and build a tri-model system that works in 2026.

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UA & Go-To-Market

MENA Gaming Market Entry 2026: UA and Partnerships

How to enter the MENA gaming market in 2026: KSA/UAE/Egypt revenue data, CPI benchmarks, Arabic localization and telco partnership playbook.

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Fractional Leadership

How to Hire a Gaming Consultant: Cost, Scope and Red Flags

Hire a gaming consultant the right way: scope, day rates, retainer pricing, red flags, and a brief template that gets you to value in 30 days.

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Fractional Leadership

Video Game Consulting Services: Strategy, Growth, Publishing

What video game consulting services cover in 2026: strategy, growth, publishing support, partnerships, and how a consultant differs from an agency.

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Mobile Gaming Strategy

Mobile Game Growth Strategy: The Complete 2026 Playbook

The 2026 mobile game growth playbook: North Star metric, soft launch sizing, UA allocation, sourced retention benchmarks, LiveOps and hybrid monetization.

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UA & Go-To-Market

Rewarded User Acquisition for Mobile Games: 2026 Playbook

How rewarded user acquisition actually works for mobile games in 2026: what the platforms publish, what no source publishes, and how to price a rewarded install.

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UA & Go-To-Market

Midcore Mobile Game Strategy 2026: UA, Monetization and Soft Launch

Strategy was the only genre growing downloads across Asia, North America and Europe in 2025, and added $1.38B of IAP revenue in Asia alone. What midcore UA, monetization and soft launch actually require.

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Industry Trends

Gaming Regulation 2026: COPPA, Loot Boxes & Global Compliance

Brazil banned loot boxes. EU Digital Fairness Act incoming. What mobile studios must do in 2026: COPPA-K compliance, age verification, monetization redesign. Complete compliance checklist.

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Mobile Gaming Strategy

Mobile Game A/B Testing: Data-Driven Optimization

Master A/B testing for mobile games with proven frameworks for IAP pricing, ad placement, and ARPDAU optimization. Practical playbook from 50+ game launches.

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UA & Go-To-Market

Privacy-First UA 2026: SKAN and Privacy Sandbox

SKAN 5.0 killed 65% of iOS signals. Predictive LTV modeling, SKAdNetwork schema design, and how to beat competitors still running legacy UA in 2026.

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Mobile Gaming Strategy

Hybrid Casual Games 2026: Design and Monetization

Sensor Tower measures hybridcasual at 59% IAP for lifestyle and puzzle and 82% for action and strategy. The design, retention and UA numbers that survive checking in 2026.

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UA & Go-To-Market

Mobile Game Go-to-Market 2026: UA and Soft Launch

Mobile game GTM strategy from soft launch to global scale: UA channel mix, ad monetization stages, milestone gates, and the $1M→$10M scaling playbook.

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Mobile Gaming Strategy

Mobile Game LiveOps 2026: Strategy and Revenue Benchmarks

LiveOps in 2026: 84% of mobile IAP revenue, battle pass design ($5-15, 10-40% of earnings), 3-layer event calendar, segmentation, hybrid monetization. From 50+ F2P titles.

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Cloud Gaming

Cloud Gaming Telco Partnerships: Deal Models & Pitfalls

Cloud gaming x telco partnerships in 2026: 5 deal models (rev-share, bundle, white-label), how to structure terms, the pitfalls that kill 80% of pitches. From SFR + Blacknut.

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Mobile Gaming Strategy

Mobile Game Retention 2026: What the Benchmarks Really Say

Most genre retention tables published for 2026 are 2022 data. What current measurement supports, what it does not, and ten fixes that move D1, D7 and D30.

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UA & Go-To-Market

Mobile Game CPI Benchmarks 2026: Why Numbers Diverge

Casual Android CPI benchmarks for 2026 range from $0.14 to $2.00 — both correct. What the numbers actually measure, and how to get your own number.

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