Riley Okafor
News & Industry
Riley covered the mobile gaming industry from the business side before joining MGR. She tracks developer moves, game launches, and the trends that shape what gets built and what gets played. Her reporting focuses on what's actually happening in mobile gaming — not just what's popular, but why, and what it means for the players who stick around.
5 Articles
Lords Mobile Is Ten Years Old and Still Growing. Here's Why.
Most mobile strategy games from 2016 are dead. Lords Mobile has over 400 million players. What's different about it.
AFK Journey Still Has One of the Strongest Communities in Mobile RPGs
Most idle games bleed players fast. Two years in, AFK Journey's community is still actively helping new players — and that's the exception, not the rule.
The Idle RPGs From 2016 Still Have More Players Than Most of What Launched Last Year
Idle Heroes is from 2016. AFK Arena launched in 2019. Both still have active daily player bases. Most of the idle RPGs that launched in 2024 do not. That's not a coincidence.
Mobile Idle RPG Is Growing Quietly, and the New Releases Are Finally Showing Why
Gacha Fatigue Is Getting Louder on Mobile. These Games Are Benefiting.
Mobile players are quitting gacha games in larger numbers and the pattern is consistent. The games catching them have one thing in common.