I don't claim to be an expert in the game hack niche but I do have a lot of experience (from running projects of my own, being involved in JV's with other members).
I've been #1 in USA, France, Germany and NL for some big niches (COC, CR, PG, Fifa, MSP, etc). I/we currently still hold #1 rankings for a variety of big niches as well as dozens of medium/smaller niches so everything I say below is based on my own earnings and experience. I'm not making shit up.
Everything below is from own, real data I have from rankings I've achieved.
Just to sum up everything I've said on this thread, as I may have been a little confusing in some of my replies:
- "clash of clans hack" as a KW is less fruitful than before. Ranking #1 for just this KW will not bring in 4 figures a day - even if you're in France or another high paying country. You'd be surprised at how much this KW makes on USA at #1.
- Ranking for "clash of clans hack" and all the other related keywords (clash of clans generator, etc) in USA will bring you a little closer to that magic 4 figure mark.. but it won't be an easy, consistent 4 figures a day.
- Ranking for "clash of clans hack" and all the other related foreign keywords in a foreign search engine (such as "clash of clans astuce"/other related keywords in France) can bring in 4 figures a day pretty easily due to French offers paying $10+. However, to really make the big money in France you need those #1 rankings for all the keywords related to "clash of clans hack". This is where good keyword research comes vital. Same applies for Germany, Netherlands, etc. Back in 2015, I was in the top 3 for COC in France for around 30-50 keywords. We did $X,XXX+ easily per day.. but this was only because we ranked for a large quantity of directly related, high search volume keywords. Don't expect to make 4 figures from just 1 or 2 keywords.
Now let's say you have a site with a subpage for each country and you happen to be ranking #1 for all related keywords in each search engine. For example:
www.cochack.com/en
www.cochack.com/fr
www.cochack.com/de
www.cochack.com/nl
^ That is a completely different story. #1 for all the keywords in each country can bring you in a lot more than 4 figures a day. But it's not easy. If you thought the COC niche was hard in the first place, ranking top in all the high paying countries is just 5x harder. Unless you have lots of money lying around to invest, don't bother. These aren't niches you can hit #1 with by purchasing a couple BHW packages for $500.
There are far easier hack niches out there, you just need to do a little bit of research. I might release a detailed guide in the future if this is of interest to anyone. One way is to look at the latest Google Play/iOS charts for the top free/paid games. From there, you filter the list based on popularity and trend. Filter again by removing any highly competitive games/apps and then you're left with your final list. You can then execute your keyword research based on this list to find more relevant and low comp keywords. The hack niche will continue to make big money so long as new games are being released where people can't afford to pay the in-game purchases.
You don't need to target 1 big game like COC to make good money. You can target 10 easier games and still make $1K+ a day.