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The next Flappy Bird? Color Switch is the top game in Apple’s app store now

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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For the past couple of weeks, a newcomer has been at the top of the iOS app store. Color Switch is one of those free downloadable games like Flappy Bird that came out of nowhere and hit the top.

It’s games like Color Switch, which tests your skill at moving a ball through color-coded obstacles, that gives indie developers hope that they can still stand out among 3 million apps and claim their own place in the $30 billion mobile game industry. The title has had more than 15 million installs, and it has hit No. 1 in 25 countries.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.