A Dundee games company is celebrating after its latest title was downloaded an incredible 2 million times in less than a week.
Castle Creeps TD, Outplay Entertainment’s new game for mobile phones and tablets, reached the milestone just five days after its release.
It was also the number-one ranked mobile strategy game in 60 countries.
The game, available for free from the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Amazon Appstore, was released on January 5 and reached the 2 million download mark on Wednesday evening.
It challenges players to build and defend castles that invaders are attempting to storm.
Uniquely for a tower defence game, it has an intricate, and constantly evolving, story-line.
The plot, written by James L Sutter, one of the authors of the hugely successful Pathfinder role-playing game series, is updated every two weeks, giving players new chapters to complete and additional content.
Richard Hare, co-founder and president of Outplay Entertainment, said the game has set a “new bar” for the tower defence genre, which sees players construct or fortify structures to protect them from attackers.
He said: “The team here at Outplay have outdone themselves once again, and the global success of Castle Creeps TD since its launch is testimony to that.
“The stunning artwork and attention to detail in every aspect of the game, aided by the epic storytelling and fantastic game play has clearly resonated with fans of the tower defence genre and mobile gaming fans at large.
“We’re excited to continue to expand the Castle Creeps TD universe and welcome more players to the community.”
Outplay Entertainment, which is based in The Vision building at Seabraes, was founded in 2010 by Richard and Douglas Hare.
It is now the UK’s largest mobile games developer, employing almost 200 staff.
In December it acquired Derby-based studio Eight Pixels Square.
Previous hits for the company include Alien Creeps TD, Mystery Match, Crafty Candy and Bubble Genius as well as Angry Birds POP! in partnership with Rovio.
To date, the studio’s games have received over 55 million downloads.
The studio won the 2016 TIGA Outstanding Growth Award.
