Gamevil's Air Penguin Surpasses $1M in Revenue

In what will serve as a useful benchmark for gauging revenue for other top-ranked paid apps, Gamevil’s Air Penguin surpassed $1 million in revenue. It had been ranked among the top 10 paid apps for 25 days in the U.S. since its release on April 14 (see the chart from AppAnnie below).

The app was priced at $0.99 so South Korea’s Gamevil and the tiny studio that developed the game, Enterfly, may walk away with at least $700,000 in revenue after Apple’s 30 percent cut.

The game, which puts players in control of a penguin who has been separated from his family after a heat wave splits Antarctica, is a simple platformer title.