Top Video Game Companies’ rankings are based on the analysis of quarterly. And annual financial statements issued by a variety of relevant companies listed in the game market. For those companies that don’t divide their revenues from games. The analysis also includes estimates that could be or not be stated. Check Top 5 Mobile Games by Worldwide Revenue Reports.
For more in-depth information on companies that market games in the world and revenue. Check out the Global Games Market Report. The rankings reveal the top players that have taken over the market. While consumer spending is growing, but at a slower pace than the pandemic peak. The top five:
Top 5 Mobile Games by Worldwide Revenue Reports
5. Genshin Influence (miHoYo)
Genshin Impact seems to have been born out of thin air. In the month before its launch, no one knew about it but now adverts for it are strewn. Everywhere on the New York subway and it’s the topic of conversation on gaming Twitter. It’s made more than $100 million (PS75m) within the first two weeks.
Which puts it in the top tier of the Chinese games industries. It is the most profitable attempt to break into the international scene. It’s because it’s an excellent game that sounds, looks. And feels costly, yet it’s free to download at least at the price of its face value.
4. The Honor of Kings (Tencent)
Tencent as well as TiMi Studios’ Honor of Kings is the first mobile game to hit the $10 billion mark. In total player revenues according to a study by the mobile app intelligence company Sensor Tower. Since the game is developed by a Chinese company. And is available under the name of Honor of Kings” within China only. Very few players outside of China might have heard of the game.
Outside of China, the game is referred to as the ‘Arena of Valor’. The presence outside China is also a way to give the game more market opportunities to earn from.
3. Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (NetEase)
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened has brought in more than $228 million in sales on Google Play. And the Apple App Store within the first two months since it was launched under data provided by Sensor Tower.
To compare to the Jam City’s Hogwarts Mystery is the highest-grossing. And has earned $342 million in revenue worldwide since its debut in April of 2018. Harry Potter: Puzzle & Spells, by Zynga comes in third with $135 million worldwide from its release in September 2020.
2. Candy Crush Saga (King)
Candy Crush Saga led the direction for a new generation of games for mobile devices. Being an early app that was free to earn more than 1 billion dollars of revenue. The king was already its second-largest Facebook publishing company in the year 2012.
Believed that mobile was the next stage for free games, and it launched Candy Crush. It was competing against Clash of Clans for the most lucrative game between 2013 and 2017. The players have played 73 billion hours playing Candy Crush Saga
1. PUBG Mobile (Tencent)
Because of Tencent’s involvement with PUBG through its investment into the development company Bluehole. It was able to get past China’s censors. It has since resulted in a negative impact on the company. Since India recently was able to ban PUBG Mobile from the country because of its ties to Tencent Games.
PUBG Mobile is already beginning to climb in 2019 but, since the outbreak of coronavirus. It has seen a massive increase in downloads as well as revenue. In March of 2020, when the world was put under the first lockdown. PUBG Mobile earned an equal of $270 million per month in revenues.