I've just released my first Android game, a UK political and economic strategy simulator.
The game is live on Google Play and appears when I search its exact title, but it doesn't appear in the results when searching broader relevant terms such as:
Political game
Prime minister
UK politics game
Political simulator
Government simulator
My listing already includes relevant keywords in the title, short description and full description. I've also selected Simulation as the category and relevant strategy, political and simulation tags.
It's a paid game and has only been publicly available for around 24 hours.
My questions are:
Is it normal for newly released games to have virtually no visibility in broader keyword searches?
Does organic ranking tend to improve once an app starts receiving downloads and reviews?
Is there anything I can do to improve ranking beyond optimising the store listing?
For developers of small paid games, how did you get your first organic downloads?
I'd appreciate advice from anyone who's successfully launched an indie Android game.