Paytm First Games, the country’s leading gaming destination, today announced that it has registered over 5 million app downloads during the ongoing lockdown. The gaming app has become a popular option for stay-at-home entertainment and with its games like Ludo and Rummy registering 4x to 5x growth.
Paytm First Games has more than half a million daily active gamers on the platform, spending anywhere between 32 to 45 minutes playing more than 100+ games. The app offers free to play casual games across racing, action, shooting, arcade, and also offers skill-based games like Rummy. The gaming app recently concluded e-sports challenge ‘Clash Royale’ saw over 11,000 registrations for the tournament, making it India’s biggest e-sporting tournament ever.
Sudhanshu Gupta, COO – Paytm First Games said, “We continue to see a rise in user growth amidst the lockdown with over 1 lakh new users joining the platform every day. Our platform offers a variety of games across genres and players are also able to win rewards leading to healthy retention of these users. In order to cater to the growing engagement, we have added over 25 new games in the last 2 weeks and continue to receive a lot of interest from studios across India who wish to partner and showcase their games to our users.”
The gaming app offers more than 300 popular games including Rummy, Ludo, Three Cards, Bubble Shooter, 8 Ball Pool, Fantasy Football, and Bike Racing to its users. Among these games, Rummy and Ludo have gained the maximum traction with users and are played by more than 6 lakh gamers every day. In addition to this, the company offers rewards and gratification worth more than Rs 10 crores to its users every month.
How to download Paytm First Games app and create an account
Users can download the Paytm First Games from their website www.paytmfirstgames.com or from the Android play store. They can create an account on the app by simply logging in with their Paytm’s registered mobile number and password, or with an OTP. If the user does not have a Paytm account, the app provides the option to instantly sign up within a few minutes.