Could you share more about the reddit ad you run? I also have a daily browser puzzle. I haven't done any paid ads but have considered it.

Could you share what you spend vs the players you attract? Any tips or tricks?

EDIT: Oh wow, you make Clues by Sam! It's a great puzzle and one I regularly see people gushing about. Great job!

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tikotus 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Thanks!

My ad is just one image and some clickbaity headline. The image is very simple, high contrast, designed to pop out. I'm targeting all kinds of puzzle subreddits. I'm getting just about $0.15 cost per click in US. The budget is quite small, but this helps reaching out to new audiences who spread the game further to their friends. The majority of the growth is still organic, but ads do help. I'm still not sure if it's a net positive though, since I don't have strong monetization in the game, and don't do any fingerprinting of users, or much analytics at all.

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paulhebert 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Thanks! That’s great info.

If you’re up for it I’d be interested to chat and learn more about Clues By Sam and how you monetize it.

I make my own daily game and would be happy to share what has and hasn’t worked for me: https://tiledwords.com

If you feel like chatting send me an email at paul@paulmakeswebsites.com

No worries either way. Cheers!

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tikotus 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Ah, Tiled Words is great! Well done. Did you know Netflix launched a daily puzzle platform, Puzzled, around the time your game came out, and they have a similar game called Bonza (which they acquired, the game exsited as an app before that)? I found it an interesting coincidence.

	▲	paulhebert an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks! Yeah I learned about Bonza (and Puzzled) after launching Tiled Words from someone on Reddit. Definitely some interesting gameplay overlaps!