Online Gaming · Case study
Daman Game scaled player signups 5.8x
Daman Game needed to scale player acquisition without blowing up blended CAC. An integrated SEO, paid social and onboarding rebuild moved the needle inside a single fiscal year.
The challenge
Daman Game had a fast-growing player base but acquisition was lopsided. Roughly 80% of signups came from paid social with a CAC that crept higher every quarter, and organic search visibility was essentially zero outside of branded queries. Onboarding drop-off compounded the cost problem — many new players left before completing first deposit.
What we did
- Built a topical SEO map around how players actually search — game-mechanic queries, comparison terms and platform tutorials — and shipped 28 long-form articles tied to that map.
- Restructured paid social into prospecting, retargeting and high-LTV lookalike audiences with a creative pipeline producing six fresh ad variations every week.
- Rebuilt the onboarding funnel: faster KYC capture, clearer first-time deposit incentives and a guided tour through the most-played games on Daman Game.
- Stood up cohort-based reporting tying every acquisition channel to 30-day retention and lifetime value, not just signup volume.
- Earned high-authority backlinks from gaming review publications to lift domain authority and protect ranking against larger competitors.
The result
Inside eleven months Daman Game grew new player signups 5.8x. Organic sessions climbed 264%, taking the share of branded vs non-branded organic traffic from 92/8 to 47/53. Paid ROAS held at 4.7x even as media spend doubled, and the rebuilt onboarding lifted first-deposit conversion from 22% to 41%.
Today, Daman Game runs a balanced acquisition mix across organic search, paid social and partnerships — and CAC sits roughly a third below where it was when the engagement started. You can see the platform in action at damangames.ai.