Paytm, which offers over 100 popular games, including ludo, rummy, teen patti, and Fantasy Cricket, claimed that its user base has increased by nearly 200% during the lockdown.
The platform registered over 90 million app downloads during the period with games such as ludo and rummy growing by more than 100%."We continue to see a rise in user growth amid the lockdown, with over 100,000 new users joining the platform every day.
Our platform offers a variety of games across genres and players are also able to win rewards leading to healthy retention of these users," said Sudhanshu Gupta, chief operating officer, Paytm First Games.Gaming as a category in India has seen a year-on-year growth of nearly 30%.