Tencent’s Honor of Kings Is Still the Top-selling Mobile Game Globally

On April 21st, Sensor Tower store intelligence data showed that in March 2023, Tencent‘s Honor of Kings earned $215 million globally on the App Store and Google Play, retaining its position as the best-selling mobile game worldwide. This data does not include third-party Android channels.

Tencent‘s PUBG Mobile (including revenue from “Peace Elite”) ranked second on the list with a revenue of $139 million. Of this, 65.6% of the revenue came from the Chinese iOS market, while revenue from the US market accounted for 8.7%, and Saudi Arabia accounted for 2.8%.

Mihoyo’s Genshin Impact ranks third on the list, with 50.2% of its revenue coming from the Chinese iOS market, 20.2% from the Japanese market, and 9% from the US market.

The other two games in the top five list are King’s Candy Crush Saga and CyberAgent’s Uma Musume Pretty Derby.

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In March 2023, global mobile game players paid nearly $6.5 billion on the App Store and Google Play, with a month-on-month growth of 6.5%.”

The United States remains the highest-grossing market for mobile games in the world, contributing over 1.8 billion, accounting for 29.2% of global revenue. The Chinese iOS market ranks second with a share of 18.4%, and the Japanese market ranks third with a share of 18.2%.