Lockdown: Online gaming on rise; Paytm First game sees 200% surge in user base

India’s homegrown Paytm First Games today announced that it has seen a 200 per cent increase in its user base in the last one month. As the country goes on lockdown to fight the spread of the dreaded coronavirus, more people are downloading and playing Paytm First Games as a means to fight stress and boredom.

The company claimed that the app now has more than half a million daily active gamers spending around 30 to 45 minutes, on their platform.

Over the last several weeks, the company said that more than 75,000 new users are joining the platform each day. The online gaming platform has launched more than 100 popular games including Rummy, Ludo, Teen Patti, and Fantasy Cricket.

Paytm games revealed that Rummy has gained maximum traction from the users of the app.