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Mini Game Gold Rush: How WeChat Turned Snackable Games into a $7B Market

In this PocketGamer.biz episode, Peggy Anne Salz sits down with Lemon Choi (founder of HyperJoy and author of Lemon Game Talks) to unpack the rise of WeChat mini games in China and what this “mini game Gold Rush” means for studios in Vietnam and the West. 🎮 What mini games really are – a no-download app store inside super apps – and why frictionless UX, instant play and social sharing are driving explosive growth 📈 Inside the numbers: a $7B market growing 15% year on year, 500M monthly players, 400K active developers and hit titles making more than $1M per day on the WeChat mini game channel alone 💰 How Chinese teams design monetization and deep meta systems first, then layer on simple, accessible gameplay to build long-term LTV and staying power 🧪 Why the best studios treat UA, re-engagement and CRM as one connected strategy, using creative testing, segmentation and localisation to turn ads into a seamless part of the player journey 🌏 A realistic playbook for Western and Vietnamese studios: when a proven title should go WeChat mini game, how to test demand with UA creatives before full launch and why social features and community are non-negotiable 🔮 Lemon’s bold prediction for 2026 – and why he believes more WeChat-born mini games will break into the US top-grossing charts Recorded on location at Think Apps @ The Google Apps Summit APAC in Vietnam. ** Let's Connect ** 👉🏻 X - https://x.com/pgbiz 👉🏻 LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/poc... 👉🏻 Facebook -   / pgbiz   👉🏻 Website - https://www.pocketgamer.biz Check out more world-class speakers sharing their insights and expertise at one of our events. You can find details of our next event here - https://www.pgconnects.com/next-event