The Respawnables mobile game hits 45 million downloads and 2.5 billion matches in 5 years

Digital Legends Entertainment has hit some big milestones with its The Respawnables mobile game after five years: 45 million downloads and 2.5 billion matches played. And the success has given Digital Legends Entertainment the confidence to publish its own mobile games in the future, rather than split the money with other publishers.

The game from the Barcelona, Spain-based studio is a touchscreen shooter that has put the studio on the map in the $70 billion mobile game business. The numbers show that the game has staying power, even though shooters aren’t as popular on mobile as they are on the PC and consoles. It’s hard to play shooters on touchscreens, and so games that are successful (like Fortnite) are relatively rare.