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Capital Games’ Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has expanded beyond mobile with an early access launch on PC.
The new release includes crossplay and cross-progression with the eight-year-old mobile title, which first launched in 2015.
According to AppMagic data, Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has been downloaded 96.6 million times across Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store, while Sensor Tower has previously put that figure at over 100 million.
The PC version of the game has been upscaled and runs at 60FPS, while the mobile version remains at 30FPS.
A wide universe
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes was developed in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games and features more than 300 characters from across the Star Wars universe – from Padawan Obi-Wan to Princess Leia to Ahsoka Tano and even Jar Jar Binks.
The initial campaign in the game has been made “more balanced” with a streamlined progression model to open up other gameplay modes more quickly. Its quest and reward systems have also seen a “complete rehaul”, with daily objectives now granting more XP.
On mobile, Galaxy of Heroes has generated $1.5 billion in gross revenue since 2015, according to AppMagic data. The US ranks as the title’s most lucrative country, accounting for 64% of total revenue. Germany ranks as the second-highest revenue generator at 6%, followed by the UK at 5%.
Looking at downloads, the US leads again at 26%, followed by Russia and Brazil, both at 7%.
Cross-platform play
Galaxy of Heroes isn’t the only mobile game to make the move to PC. Plarium’s Rad: Shadow Legends did the same some years earlier, having first released on mobile in July 2018 before a PC port launched in January 2020, supporting crossplay and cross-progression.
Scopely’s Star Trek: Fleet Command, meanwhile, launched on mobile and PC in November 2018, also supporting crossplay through a connected Scopely account.
HoYoverse’s Genshin Impact does something similar, allowing players to progress on any available platform provided they log in with the same account. The game has featured crossplay between mobile and PC since its launch in September 2020, and expanded this compatibility to the PS4 version in July 2021.
Please note: All AppMagic figures unless otherwise stated are gross revenue, to account for App Store and Google Play’s 30% fees. Estimates do not account for player spending on non-mobile platforms, third-party Android stores, web shop revenue or ad revenue.
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