Popular Game Apps in Myanmar

As the Myanmar gaming industry is growing bigger year by year, Myanmar based game companies are becoming able to develop their own games with international standard.
Before, although Myanmar game developers were creating games, they were just producing games as individuals or small teams.
Because android phones were still not widely used, it was not easy to buy sim cards and there was not wider and faster internet network coverage, Myanmar game developers had to face many difficulties.
But today, there do exist qualified game companies that are developing games which can attract many subscribers.

What we are describing now are popular games in that you can play in Myanmar.
Please mind that the games are just randomly ordered and some are not developed in Myanmar but published in Myanmar version.

1.My Hero – Bo Lattae
Platform : Android
PlaystoreRating :4.7
Image Source: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/land-of-magic-pyinsalat-kabar/id1271293546?mt=8
If you want to play a light and cute game, My Hero – Bo Lattae is a must try.
You can set yourself as more than 100 superhero characters such as Anime Character, Chinese Themed Character, Marvel/DC Superhero, etc.
Whatever you are an Otaku fan or a superhero fan, you will love the game.
Heroes are categorized into four; sword hero, assassin, magician and gunman and supported in cool graphics.
It is an RPG (Role Playing Game) and a combination of two fighting games.
Being a cool RPG game, you will see hundreds of weapons and armors for your hero.
You can choose whether to fight powerful bosses together with your friends or fight other players in Player vs Player (PVP option).
Plus fascinating creatures are also included.
This game is developed by SQUAR PTE LTD and because of its enormous advertising and promotions; it possesses many active users at the moment.
Currently, there are over 10,000 downloads for this game whose file size is 81.61MB.

2.Wanda
Platform : PC
Overall Review On Steam : Positive
Image Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/851745807/wanda-a-beautiful-apocalypse
The game story is about the two lonely robots in a deteriorating planet.
Unlike other deteriorating planet games, struggling for survival is not the point in Wanda.
The main point is friendship, love and hope of the two robots.
At this point, the special thing is that you don’t have to read along the dialogues.
You can understand the whole part of the story through the interactions between the robots. Apart from other apocalypse games, the planet in this game is in a fresher look and you can play adventures of the two robots, solve mini-puzzles and enjoy the pleasant soundtracks. Wanda is developed by the Kodots Game Studio and you can play now after purchasing and downloading it from the Stream.

3.SKMWorld
Platform : Android
PlaystoreRating : 4.3
Image Source: https://myanmar.mmtimes.com/business/technology/26981-skm-world-game.html
Everyone fond of playing Shan Koe Mee card game may know this SKMWorld.
It is a digital version of Myanma traditional Shan Koe Mee game and you can play with two different currencies, money and gems.
You use coins to play with other players and use gems to buy coins and other in-app purchase items.
Different rates are required to play in Yangon and Mandalay depending on the amount of money you own.
Every player is given a house and you can collect coins daily by tapping your house.
The more expensive houses you buy, the larger the amount of coins you can collect.
Items called Tickets can be used to travel to higher ranked cities but only when you have at least the minimum number of tickets.
You can buy motor cars and motorbikes to travel to those cities without the need of tickets.
You can win trophies by playing the games, form clans by organizing players, and you can even sell the items you own at auctions.
In this game, you can enjoy the above features in Myanmar style graphics.
SKMWorld is developed and released by MyPLAY and there are over 100,000 downloads currently.

4.Hawk Hero
Platform : Android , iOS
PlaystoreRating :4.3
Image Source: https://apkpure.com/hawk-hero-thine-game/com.mygame.hawkhero
If you like Chinese martial arts movies, then this Hawk Hero game is for you.
The background story is inspired from four of Jin Yong’s famous martial arts novels.
In this role playing game, you can form a team of famous Chinese hero characters, including ZangWuji, Yang Guo, Xiao Long Nu and you can also manage their talent and combine the heroes.
The interesting thing is that the game graphics can clearly express the Chinese hero characters who are dubbed with Myanmar voices in harmony.
Localized martial art conversations in Myanmar make this game stand out of other RPGs.
Hawk Hero is released by SQUAR PTE LTD and there are between 100,000 and 500,000 downloads now.
The file size for iOS is 219 MB and for Android, the size is 117 MB.

5.ShanKoeMee
Platform :Browser, Android
PlaystoreRating :4.4
Image Source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myanmargame.shan
ShanKoeMee is like a senior among Myanmar games.
People were seen playing this at internet access providing shops, even before the days of smart phones.
Mainly based on the web and the levels are divided into Easy, Intermediate, Advanced, Professional, Master.
There is an additional feature to watch special games called Special Events.
Achievements and Ranking are seen as upcoming features, and Credits, Diamonds, Token, coin as currencies.
At this point, the coin is like the main currency for the whole game.
You can buy credits, diamonds, etc. With coin. Again, the coin can easily be bought via mobile operators like Telenor and MPT, payment systems like DotPay, Easy Points and international payment system like PayPal. ShanKoeMee is produced and released by StudioAMK.
Due to the time and experience of operating their game, ShanKoeMee is famous until today for its constant modification of the rules of the game and customer care.
Android users can download it from Playstore and the file size is only 28MB.
Window PC and iOS users can play it via browsers.

6.OpokeSaga
Platform : Android
PlaystoreRating :4.1

Image Source: https://apkname.com/th/com.myplay.opoke
This is a Match3 game and as simple as Candy Crush.
The special thing is a PvP based that need another player to play a game.
The game’s currencies are coin and gem.
About all to see in the game is Myanmar traditional toys such as toy pot, Joe doll and Gwa bow. Modes are divided into three: RankMode, Challenge Mode and Private Match.
Rank mode is to play regularly and if you will win, your rank becomes higher, but if you lose, your rank goes down.
In challenge mode, the players make deals and the winner takes the gems.
Private match is like an amateur game testing each other’s skill.
In rank mode, lives are used and will be recharged along with hours.
At the start of the release, OpokeSaga got players’ attention and held a series of competitions, but now it is heard that there are less activities.
However, this is a game full of Myanmar taste and it possesses many regular users.
OpokeSaga is produced by MyPlay and there are between 100,000 and 500,000 installs right now.
The file size is only 58 MB.

7.ShowCity
Platform : Android ,IOS
PlaystoreRating : 4.5

Image Source: https://www.pokerstars.com/
Not just only a card game, if you want to fully enjoy the experience of being in a casino, you should try playing Show City.
It has recently been upgraded into full version and the user interface in this game is as beautiful and neat as a real casino.
With different card games such as Myanmar traditional show game, ShanKoeMee, Twenty One, Texas poker and the game also have casino games like roulette, five reel slots game and dice games. The currencies used are coin and gems.
You earn coins on a daily basis and if you have bought high standard cars, you earn more coins.
Card games are leveled as Yangon and Naypyitaw, etc.
As you play more, you get more experience, higher ranks and different trophies.
Joy Dash developed Show City and there are 5,000 to 10,000 downloads currently.
The file size is 65 MB.

8.MyFish
Platform : Android
PlayStoreRating : 4.3
This game is like the fishing games which are popular in Arcade Game shops today.
Needless to say that you will find neat and cool graphic of fish ponds and fishes you are going to catch.
The player play as canon and will catch fishes shooting net bullets.
Here, the number of fires is different.
You can catch some small fishes with 3 shoots, but the bigger the fish, the more the number of shots.
Another way is to change the kind of cannon; the better the cannon, the more the coins are used.
You can exchange the coins you collected with phone top up cards.
My fish was released by SQUAR PTE LTD and there are 100,000 to 500,000 downloads.
The size is 66MB.

Among the 8 popular games in Myanmar described above, only Wanda can support both online and offline versions.
The rest of the games only support online version.

We also present more upcoming games to you.

Mahar – Rise of Bagan
Image Source: https://www.facebook.com/mahargame/
Created as a strategic gameplay with Bagan atmosphere. Developer- StudioAMK

Rage Of Rama

Image Source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.totalgameplay.ror
A MOBA/Strategy game based on the legend of Rama. Developer – MyPlay

Age of Bayintnaung
Image Source: http://mmtechnologynews.blogspot.com/2015/01/age-of-bayintnaung.html
Game features are created based on the historical background of King Bayintnaung.
But the gameplay style is not yet announced. Developer – MyPlay

The Return – Forbidden Throne
Image Source: https://apkpure.com/the-return-forbidden-throne-beta/com.StudioPuppeteer.TheReturnBeta
This 3D action RPG game is plotted at a legendary era with Myanmar traditional atmosphere. Developer – Studio Puppeteer