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What Publishers Actually Look For
Publishers make investment decisions. Every game competes against dozens—sometimes hundreds—of other games for the same marketing budget.
Aug 46 min read


Gamification for Customer Loyalty That Works
Gamification for customer loyalty can lift repeat purchases, engagement, and retention when brands design rewards, timing, and play around real behavior.
Aug 16 min read


The Art Style of Reveal It! — And Why We Chose It
One of the first decisions we made while developing Reveal It! – The Word Game had nothing to do with gameplay. It was about art.
Jul 315 min read


Anatomy of Hit Games: What Royal Match, Candy Crush, Angry Birds, Block Blast, Gossip Harbor and Other Blockbusters Get Right
Why some mobile games dominate the charts for years while thousands of others disappear within months.
Jul 276 min read


Picking the Right Words for Your Word Game
Word games seem simple on the surface. Show some letters, ask players to guess a word, reward them for solving it.
But behind every successful word game lies something much harder to design:
The vocabulary itself.
Jul 255 min read


What Happened to Kyra's Light?
Every independent game studio has one project that teaches it how to build the next one. For Raviosoft, that project was Kyra's Light. If you've found this article because you played the game years ago, first of all—thank you. The fact that people are still discovering Kyra's Light, leaving reviews, or asking whether we'll continue developing it means more to us than you might imagine. Today, we'd like to tell its story honestly. Not because it became a huge commercial succes
Jul 238 min read


Browser Games for Marketing Campaigns That Get Played
Browser games for marketing campaigns turn attention into play, giving brands a lightweight way to build recall, leads, loyalty, and measurable action.
Jul 235 min read


Brain Benefits of Word Games
How Word Puzzles Improve Memory, Focus, Creativity, and Long-Term Brain Health
A research-backed guide to understanding why solving word puzzles is one of the simplest—and surprisingly effective—ways to exercise your brain.
Jul 2117 min read


Designing Difficulty Curves in Word and Match-3 Games
Why the hardest part of making a puzzle game isn't creating difficult levels—it's creating the right ones.
Jul 159 min read


The 6 Best Word Games to Challenge Your Brain in 2026
From relaxing crossword puzzles to strategic hidden-word adventures, these are the best mobile word games you should play this year.
Jul 124 min read


White Label Mobile Games That Convert
White label mobile games help brands turn attention into action with fast, branded play experiences built for engagement, loyalty, and conversion.
Jul 86 min read


Major Update for "Reveal It! – The Word Game" With New Levels, a Redesigned Progress Path, and Reworked Power-Ups
Our free word puzzle game deepens its rewarding progression with star chests, smarter difficulty balancing, and a fully redesigned power-up experience.
Jul 62 min read


Why H5 Games for Brands Work
H5 games for brands turn campaigns into playable moments that boost engagement, loyalty, and conversions without the friction of app installs.
Jul 66 min read


🎉 Rubi Blast Is Officially Live!
We’re incredibly excited to finally announce that Rubi Blast is now publicly available on the Google Play Store!
Feb 231 min read


Reveal It! – A Fresh, Color-Coded Word Game Now in Open Testing
RavioSoft is excited to announce that Reveal It! – Game is now available in open testing, inviting players to be among the first to experience this modern take on classic word games and help shape its final release.
Jan 162 min read


Joined the Gaming Academy
We have been accepted and joined the Gaming Academy program with the objective to build at least 4 high quality mobile hybrid-puzzle prototypes.
Oct 22, 20251 min read


"Kyra's Light" – Now Available for Early Beta on Mobile!
"Kyra's Light" is now available for download on App Store and Google Play.
Jul 4, 20252 min read
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