Teen Patti, Rummy, India’s original social games, register huge growth in pandemic year

The noise surrounding gaming titles like PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile often make us forget the first early games Indians played on their smartphones. Before Battle Royale became a thing, there were games like Bombsquad and Doodle Army 2: Mini Militia, but even before those rose to popularity, card games were what found currency in India, especially when it came to social gaming.

Connecting with others over the internet, card games like Teen Patti offered a new form of gaming where the stakes were bigger than beating a mobile CPU. Suddenly, players faced off against others who could use the same kind of tricks as they do, and could get better at the game along with you.