Detective Files: Mystery Cases vs Mystery Town: Merge Games

Detective Files: Mystery Cases

SayGames Ltd
Google Play
$811/mo
~$9.7K/yr · 451K installs
VS

Mystery Town: Merge Games

Cedar Games Studio
Google Play
$7.2K/mo
~$86.2K/yr · 4.0M installs
Revenue winner Mystery Town: Merge Games wins +786% vs other
Installs winner Mystery Town: Merge Games wins +786% vs other
MAU winner Mystery Town: Merge Games wins +511% vs other
Rating winner Mystery Town: Merge Games wins +11% vs other

Why Mystery Town: Merge Games is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Mystery Town: Merge Games earns roughly 9× more per month than Detective Files: Mystery Cases - $7.2K vs $811.
  2. Bigger install base. Mystery Town: Merge Games has ~4.0M lifetime installs vs Detective Files: Mystery Cases's ~451K - 8.9× the funnel top.
  3. Better app store reviews. Mystery Town: Merge Games sits at 4.75★ vs 4.28★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

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Side-by-side metrics

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Detective Files: Mystery Cases
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Mystery Town: Merge Games
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$811
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$7.2K
Annual revenue (est.)
$9.7K
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$86.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
451K
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4.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
65K
▶
399K
App Store rating
4.28★
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4.75★
Total ratings
6K
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44K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.95
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$9.95
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers

Detective Files: Mystery Cases

SayGames Ltd
Google Play
Category
Puzzle
Price
Free
Released
Aug 23, 2025
Last updated
May 28, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Everyone
Version
1.8.0
Languages
-
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Mystery Town: Merge Games

Cedar Games Studio
Google Play
Category
Puzzle
Price
Free
Released
Apr 11, 2025
Last updated
Jun 26, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Everyone
Version
1.19.2
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Detective Files: Mystery Cases or Mystery Town: Merge Games? v
Mystery Town: Merge Games earns about $7.2K per month, while Detective Files: Mystery Cases earns about $811. That is a 8.9× revenue gap (~$6.4K more per month for Mystery Town: Merge Games). Annual revenue: Detective Files: Mystery Cases ≈ $9.7K/year, Mystery Town: Merge Games ≈ $86.2K/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Detective Files: Mystery Cases or Mystery Town: Merge Games? v
Mystery Town: Merge Games leads with about 4.0M estimated downloads vs 451K for Detective Files: Mystery Cases - a 8.9× gap. Detective Files: Mystery Cases reports 100,000+ installs on Google Play. Mystery Town: Merge Games reports 1,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Detective Files: Mystery Cases and Mystery Town: Merge Games in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Puzzle category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Detective Files: Mystery Cases and Mystery Town: Merge Games offer? v
Detective Files: Mystery Cases: IAP range $0.99 - $99.99 per item. Mystery Town: Merge Games: IAP range $0.99 - $99.99 per item. Detective Files: Mystery Cases runs a "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)" monetization model; Mystery Town: Merge Games runs "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Detective Files: Mystery Cases or Mystery Town: Merge Games? v
Mystery Town: Merge Games edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.5 stars). Rating volume: Detective Files: Mystery Cases 206 ratings, Mystery Town: Merge Games 812 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Detective Files: Mystery Cases vs Mystery Town: Merge Games revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $811 for Detective Files: Mystery Cases and $7.2K for Mystery Town: Merge Games are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Puzzle) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Detective Files: Mystery Cases or Mystery Town: Merge Games to a different Google Play app? v
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