Players build a cozy home.
Homescapes builds a global brand.

To maintain a category advantage, the Playrix team focused their Apple Search Ads investment on brand campaigns in all available markets, capturing interest from potential customers searching for their brand terms on the App Store. They further maximized impressions with competitive keyword campaigns, raising visibility among gamers searching for similar apps. The team also implemented a strong cross-brand keyword strategy, bidding on their other Playrix titles within Homescapes campaigns and attracting players of their similar games. 

“Apple Search Ads is an essential channel for branding and defending against competitor challenges in real time. It’s easy to monitor keyword performance and share of voice to quickly grow your fanbase worldwide,” says Playrix Marketing Producer Slava Gataulin. 

Discovery campaigns helped the team at Playrix find new relevant keywords and glean country-specific insights for optimization by market. To drive efficiency and coverage, the Playrix team separated campaigns by keyword themes and monitored performance closely to optimize campaign-level bidding. They also leveraged additional App Store assets to create more ad variations aligned to relevant keyword themes, improving ad relevancy and conversion rates.

This overall Apple Search Ads strategy allowed Playrix to reach more casual gamers, attracting a global audience that mirrored the high quality of organic downloads.