📈 Yong Heroes Bursts to #2 Downloaded WW

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The new mobile game Yong Heroes, aka Avatars Saga, has burst onto the top downloaded charts hitting #2 in WW and #1 in US downloads.

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Yong Heroes aka Avatars Saga in the US, has rocketed up the download charts.

It’s marketed as an “Oriental Fantasy RPG” which is a term I’m sure would make my old Asian American Studies professor turn in his grave.

It seems to be a fairly typical Chinese MMO game with much of the gameplay auto-play.

Starting the game, you pick your character from fairly typical RPG classes.

The gameplay is pretty common Chinese MMO RPG gameplay with a big focus on auto-play:

On further examination, looks like there was a big UA push on March 30 largely on iOS and in the US, but since then downloads are falling. Hence, this may not be a game that sustains.

Written by Ryan Wilson and Joseph Kim.