Grade B15 sourcesHIS-00450
Color Switch
Game · 2015 · Notable
Color Switch, a color-matching mobile game, passed 130 million downloads in about a year.
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How it worksNumbers
- Digital impressions from memes, videos and shares (GamesBeat)
- 5B
- As of Dec 16, 2016 · Self-reported · GamesBeat (originally VentureBeat)
- Peak date
- Feb 2016
- Dec 2015 to Feb 2016
- Platforms
- 5
- Started on App stores
- Origin
- Seeded
- Gaming
Mechanics
How it spread
Trace the originColor Switch came out on iOS in December 2015 and was pushed through publisher Fortafy's Facebook audience. Buildbox said it reached No. 1 in the US and over 100 countries by January. A Kanye West screenshot added about 800,000 installs in a day in February 2016.
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December 2015
January 2016
Gamezebo press · Jan 7 ’16
Gamezebo reviewed Color Switch under the headline Your Next Flappy Fix.[2]
Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
- Added 1 event · Added 1 source
- Added: 17 events, 14 sources · Score 42
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