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Franchise · Gaming

NetEase localized asymmetrical horror for mobile and rode a gothic-anime aesthetic to a massive East Asian audience — proof that a niche 1-vs-4 format can scale to hundreds of millions of downloads.

By the numbers

300MDownloads worldwideCumulative downloads within five years of launch, announced by NetEase in September 2023.↗

In the news

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The company behind Identity V

NetEaseHKEX:9999 · NetEase helps explain gaming, music streaming, and online entertainment habits in Chinese consumer culture.

How attention becomes money

1 — Discover the surface

2 — Use the platform repeatedly

3 — Follow the community or creator loop

4 — Spend, subscribe, or transact

5 — Keep coming back

Label-mates · 3

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