A woman poses for a photo illustration with an iPhone as she plays Candy Crush in New York
A woman poses for a photo illustration with an iPhone as she plays Candy Crush in New York February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Candy Crush Saga is finally available on Windows Phone Store. The immensely popular game can be downloaded and installed on Windows Phone devices for free. In the recent past, FourSquare and MineCraft: Pocket Edition apps were also made available on the Windows Phone Store.

Before the arrival of Windows Phone edition of Candy Crush Saga, the game was only available on platforms like iOS, Android and Facebook. Even though the game is available for free, it contains many in-app purchases which makes the game all the more interesting.

The Candy Crush Saga is of 59 MB and it can be installed on handsets running on Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 OS along with 512 MB RAM onboard. As of this writing, the game has received four and a half rating along with more than 3150 reviews on Windows Phone Store.

Air Herald states that in this year, Microsoft has been aggressively working at increasing the market share of Windows Phone OS. Hence, it has launched a slew of Lumia devices to the market and apart from Nokia even other brands have rolled out Windows Phone devices. Microsoft is also trying its best to launch some of the most popular apps and games like the Candy Crush Saga available on Android and iOS platforms.

According to Venture Beat, smartphone games generated revenue of $16 billion in 2013 and in this year, it has grown to $21 billion. This is clear evidence that people spend a lot on games and the availability of popular games is also a decisive factor when someone purchases a new smartphone or tablet.

In April 2012, the Candy Crush Saga which is a match-three style puzzle game arrived on Facebook and in November 2012, the game arrived for iOS users and a month later, it arrived on the Google Play Store for Android devices. Even though it was the most downloaded app in the year 2013, the Windows Phone version of game has only arrived at the end of this year. Google Play has listed the Candy Crush Saga as the most downloaded game of 2014, says PC World.

Download Candy Crush Saga from the Windows Store