Game Development
Orbital Drift
Mobile roguelike with 2M+ downloads in its first quarter.
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- 2M+
- downloads in quarter one
- D7 retention
- 34%
- D7 retention
- App Store rating
- 4.7/5
- App Store rating
The challenge
Orbital Drift needed to prove a mobile roguelike could retain players past day one in a genre crowded with disposable, ad-heavy titles.
The approach
Live-ops built into the core loop
Content cadence and events were part of the design from prototype, not patched on after launch.
Monetization tuned through playtesting
Pricing and offers tested against real player behavior, not industry benchmarks.
Soft launch before global
A regional soft launch validated retention and monetization before the worldwide push.
The impact
The game crossed 2M downloads in its first quarter with 34% D7 retention — well above typical mobile roguelike benchmarks — and a 4.7/5 App Store rating.
Discipline
Game DevelopmentTimeline
5 months to soft launch, ongoing live-ops
Team
Producer, 3 engineers, designer
Tags
Mobile · Unreal · Monetization
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