Sensor Tower store intelligence data show that in October 2022, global hand game players in the App Store and Google Play paid $6.2 billion, down 14% year-on-year. The United States remains the world’s highest mobile game revenue market, contributing $1.81 billion, or 29.4 percent of total global revenue. The Japanese market ranked No. 2, accounting for 17.6%, and the Chinese iOS market ranked No. 3, accounting for 17.4%.
Tencent’s “King of Glory” drew nearly $210 million in the global App Store and Google Play, reigning as the top-selling handheld game in the world. Revenue from the Chinese iOS market accounted for 95.1%, and revenue from overseas markets accounted for 4.9%.
The complete list of the top 10 global popular mobile game revenue, note: data does not include third-party Android channels.
Tencent’s “PUBG Mobile” (combined with “Peace Elite” revenue) ranked No. 2 on the list with $130 million in revenue. Of this, 63.2% of revenue came from the Chinese iOS market and 9% from the US market.
Mihoyo’s Genshin Impac Mobile ranked No. 3 on the list with $120 million in revenue, of which 39.9% came from the Chinese iOS market and 24% from the Japanese market.
