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Candy Crush Friends Saga
A sweet matching puzzle game
Since Candy Crush Saga arrived back in November 2012, players have flocked to the series in droves. And King has kept dishing up new titles—like Soda Saga, Jelly Saga, and the new Friends Saga—to satisfy the craving. That’s enough candy to make even the heftiest Halloween haul look like chump change. But how much candy is it? Here are some estimates, straight from the King’s court.
Number of levels in Candy Crush Friends Saga at launch: 280
Nationalities represented on the Candy Crush Friends Saga development team (including team members hailing from Finland, India, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, and Sweden): 19
At launch, Candy Crush Friends Saga will feature six different ‘champions’: Tiffi, Yeti, Nutcracker, Misty, Red Rabbit and Odus. More will arrive as the game evolves, too.
Number of levels passed each day in Candy Crush Jelly Saga, the predecessor to Friends Saga: 2,200,000
Weirdly, Tuesday is the most popular day to play the second Candy Crush game in the series, Candy Crush Soda Saga.
Average number of Soda Saga levels players start each day: 90 million
Estimated number of years players have spent crushing candies in Soda Saga globally: 770,000
The most popular time to play the first game, Candy Crush Saga, is after dinner. Because a sweet treat is just what you need after a meal, right?
Average number of candies swiped each day in Candy Crush Saga: 2 billion
Since Candy Crush Saga launched on the App Store in 2012, an incredible six trillion candies have been swiped in the game.
Candy Crush Saga has been translated into a total of 22 languages since it arrived six years ago.
Numbers only tell part of the story. See what all the fuss is about in the series’ newest game, Candy Crush Friends Saga.