What is Angry Birds?
Developed and published by Finland-based Rovio Entertainment, Angry Birds was first released on Apple’s App Store in December 2009 and later on other platforms. The game begins with the pigs stealing the birds’ eggs. Angry at this, the birds try to defeat the pigs and get the eggs back. The main purpose of the game is to beat the pigs by throwing the birds you have with a slingshot.
Angry Birds Release Date: December 10, 2009
Developer: Rovio Entertainment
Publisher: Rovio Entertainment
All Angry Birds Games in Order
Angry Birds – December 2009
Angry Birds Seasons – October 2010
Angry Birds Rio – March 2011
Angry Birds Friends – February 2012
Angry Birds Space – March 2012
Angry Birds Star Wars – November 2012
Angry Birds Star Wars II – September 2013
Angry Birds Go! – December 2013
Angry Birds Epic – June 2014
Angry Birds Stella – September 2014
Angry Birds Transformers – October 2014
Angry Birds 2 – March 2015
Angry Birds Fight! – May 2015
Angry Birds POP! – October 2015
Angry Birds Action! – February 2016
Angry Birds Football – April 2016
Angry Birds Ace Fighter – May 2016
Angry Birds Holiday – May 2016
Angry Birds Evolution – July 2016
Angry Birds Blast! – December 2016
Angry Birds Dice – February 2017
Angry Birds Islands – March 2017
Angry Birds Match – August 2017
Angry Birds Blast Island – February 2018
Angry Birds Dream Blast – January 2019
Angry Birds Tennis – February 2019
Angry Birds Explore – May 2019
Angry Birds Casual – March 2020
Angry Birds Legends – March 2020
Angry Birds Journey – January 2022
Rovio Classic: Angry Birds – March 2022
Angry Birds Revenue Statistics (2023)
- In Q4 2022, Angry Birds publisher Rovio reported a revenue of €76.9 million. €7
- Angry Birds developer Rovio reported an annual revenue of €317.7 million in 2022. The revenue growth was mainly driven by Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds Friends.
Year | Rovio Annual Revenue |
2022 | €317.7 million |
2021 | €286.2 million |
2020 | €272.3 million |
2019 | €289.1 million |
2018 | €281.2 million |
2017 | €297.2 million |
2016 | €191.7 million |
2015 | €142.1 million |
2014 | €158.3 million |
2013 | €173.5 million |
2012 | €152.2 million |
2011 | €75.6 million |
2010 | €6.5 million |
- Playtika announced on January 20, 2023 that it has made an offer to acquire Angry Birds maker Rovio for EUR 9.05 per share in cash, putting the total offer at about €750 million ($810 million).
- In Q1 2022, Rovio’s new game Angry Birds Journey generated €10.1 million gross bookings.
- For Q1 2022, Angry Birds Friends grew 15.2% year-on-year and recorded its highest quarterly gross bookings since Q4 2016 with total gross bookings of €9.3 million.
- In Q1 2022, Rovio’s largest game, Angry Birds 2 continued its strong performance with the game’s gross bookings growing over 20% year-on-year to €30.3 million, and achieving its highest quarterly revenue since Q1 2019.
- Rovio announced that Angry Birds 2 broke $600 million in lifetime revenue at the end of Q1 2021.
- Rovio Entertainment, the creator of Angry Birds, announced on August 2021 that it was acquiring 100% of the shares in Ruby Games, a hyper-casual game studio based in Izmir, Turkey.
- In 2018, Angry Birds 2 generated $116 million in lifetime player spending, up 47% compared to 2017. Rovio generated 53% of the $220 million in mobile revenue it grossed from in-app purchases during 2018 from Angry Birds 2, up from 39% the previous year. (Sensor Tower)
- In July 2018, Angry Birds Evolution generated more than $30 million worldwide across the App Store and Google Play since its release in June 2019.
Angry Birds Player Statistics (2022)
+ As of February 2022, Angry Birds 2 ranks #9 in Games/Casual category on Google Play in the United States. (SimilarWeb)
+ As of 2019, when it celebrated its 10th anniversary, Angry Birds was downloaded 4.5 billion times in app stores.
+ Angry Birds 2 was downloaded 30 million times in less than two weeks following its debut. (Angry Birds)
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