The month of February has shown a huge amount of love for our favorite game, Farm Heroes Saga! To us this comes as no surprise, as Farm Heroes Saga has the same addicting recipe as Candy Crush Saga and was bound to rise in the ranks at some point! However, to simply say “rising in the ranks” would be a serious understatement, as the latest numbers for Farm Heroes are truly astounding.
A recent article on Inside Facebook has shown that over the past week, Farm Heroes Saga has managed to up its monthly active users by 250 percent. Though we have expected this boom to happen for a while, there are a number of reasons that could explain why it happened now, of all times.
Firstly, there is the new Farm Heroes Saga commercial that King began airing on television at the beginning of the month. Being as the game is free to download, there is a large chance that those who saw the commercial downloaded the game to play through at least the first few levels, before any of the optional in-game purchases became too helpful.
This spike in popularity can be seen on the App Store and on Google play: on the App Store, Farm Heroes has now surpassed Candy Crush Saga, which is at number 35 on the list of top free apps, and is sitting pretty at number 22! Candy Crush is still leading on Google Play, but Farm Heroes isn’t too far behind!
Also, Facebook has shown that it experiences large spikes in traffic on Valentine’s Day, as a large number of users use the social media site for planning their day. Being as multitasking has become as simple as opening up a new tab, it’s likely that Farm Heroes Saga was seen as a fun way to take a break from all those elaborate plans! Check out the commercial above, and if you haven’t downloaded Farm Heroes Saga, take a look at our favorite reasons why Farm Heroes is better than Candy Crush!