Paytm First Games triples user base in time of social distancing

Paytm First Games announced that it has seen a 200 percent increase in its user base in the last one month. As the country goes on lockdown to fight the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 virus, more people are downloading and playing Paytm First Games as a means to fight stress and boredom. The app now sees more than half a million daily active gamers on the platform spending anywhere between 30 to 45 minutes.  
 
Over the last several weeks, the company said that more than 75,000 new users are joining the platform each day. The online gaming platform has launched more than 100 popular games including Rummy, Ludo, Teen Patti, Fantasy Cricket amongst others. Among the games, Rummy has gained maximum traction with users and games played doubling every week. 
 
The company said that every month it gives out rewards and gratification worth more than Rs 10 crore. It would soon launch a brand new campaign ‘Ghar baithay lakhpati bano’ wherein it will give major rewards for playing casual games including Ludo, Pool, Snake Wars, Whack a Mole and Danger Dash among others.
 
Sudhanshu Gupta, COO – Paytm First Games said, “As malls, movie theatres and popular hangout options shut down temporarily in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, online gaming is picking up as a popular option for stay at home entertainment. We are seeing a significant uptick in downloads of our app and the time spent and engagement in our online games has increased manifold. There has been a 3x increase in the number of new users on our platform. Our user base belongs to the age group of between 18-45 years. What is interesting to observe is that while a large chunk of our users is from metropolitan cities, there has been a bigger contribution of the new users from  tier-II, tier-III and the rest of India towns.”

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