Ludo King

Ludo King
Developer(s)Gametion Technologies Pvt Ltd
Publisher(s)Gametion Technologies Pvt Ltd
Producer(s)Vikash Jaiswal
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
Release20 February 2016
Genre(s)Board game
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Ludo King is a free-to-play mobile game application developed by Gametion Technologies Pvt Ltd, a game studio based in Navi Mumbai, India.[1][2][3] Gametion is owned by Vikash Jaiswal.[1][2][3][4] The game is developed on the Unity game engine[5] and is available on Android, iOS, Kindle, Windows Phone and Microsoft Windows platforms. The game is a modernization of the board game Ludo, which is based on the ancient Indian game of Pachisi.[6]

Ludo King was released on February 20, 2016, on the Apple App Store, and since then it has consistently ranked No. 1 in the Top Free Games Section of both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.[3][4][7][8][9] It is the first Indian gaming app to cross 1 billion downloads.[10][11][12][13] Ludo King is played in 30 countries and available in 15 languages.[14]

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  14. ^ Tewari, Saumya (2021-01-08). "Ludo King's parent company clocks $20 million in revenue in 2020". mint. Retrieved 2021-02-10.