Source: SensorTower
Chinese mobile game publishers ranked in global App Store and Google Play revenue in April 2021, according to the Sensor Tower Store intelligence platform. In this issue, a total of 39 Chinese manufacturers have been listed in the TOP100 list of global mobile game publishers, attracting a total of nearly 2.28 billion US dollars, accounting for 39.5% of the global TOP100 mobile game issuers' income.
Special note: this report only calculates the income of publishers and does not include third-party Android channels in China.
Chinese mobile game publishers earn TOP30
Lilith.The revenue of its war-themed SLG mobile game "Warpath" increased by 62% month-on-month, earning more than $10 million in April. Driven by the game, Lilith's income increased by 18% month-on-month, returning to TOP3 of Chinese mobile game publishers, ranking eighth in the global publisher's revenue list.
Benefit from the simultaneous development of multiple tracks in both Chinese and overseas marketsPanax notoginseng entertain each otherSet a new income record for two months in a row. In the domestic market, the new game "Douluo mainland: Wu Soul Awakening" ranked among the top 10 of iPhone mobile games for most of April, while in Europe, America and Japan, riddle solving + SLG mobile games "Puzzles & Survival" and Gongdou mobile games "Jiangshan Beauty" continued to perform strongly. The income of Panax Notoginseng Mutual Entertainment, which successfully distributes the global first-tier market, has increased by 26% again on the basis of March.
Pupil technologyThe revenue of its MOBA mobile game "Mobile Legends: Bang Bang" (endless duel) and "Mobile Legends: Adventure", a mobile game with RPG, has increased significantly this period, and the income of publishers has increased by 38% month-on-month. With the approach of the Eparty and the return of the Southeast Asian Championships in June, the "endless showdown", which already holds the title of Southeast Asian national mobile games, is expected to go further under the blessing of byte jump overseas traffic.
In addition to completing the acquisition of pupil technology and loving mutual entertainment, AprilByte beatSignificant progress has also been made in product release. "Voyage King Hot Blood Route", jointly launched by Dawn Lightyear and middle-hand games, ranked TOP5 on the best-selling list of iPhone mobile games in the national region for most of the time, and revenue from byte-beating games surged 133% from the previous month to 22nd on the list.
Palm fun science and technologyIts "one punch Superman: the strongest Man" launched in the South Korean market in mid-March and quickly gained popularity among IP fans, dominating South Korea's Google Play mobile games download list for 14 consecutive days, ranking around TOP10 mobile games bestsellers. Driven by the game, palm fun technology revenue increased by 42% month-on-month, returning to the 29th place on the list.
bilibiliAt the end of April, the popular Pixel Wind RPG mobile game "Princess Canterbury and the Knight awakens the Magic Adventure of the Sword of Champions" (Guardian Tales) was launched in South Korea. Four days after its launch, the game topped the Chinese iPhone mobile game download list twice, and Bilibili Inc. 's income increased 117% month-on-month, ranking 34th on the list of Chinese mobile game publishers.
Byte beat and Bilibili Inc. 's achievements in China's mobile game market show the distribution and income potential of UGC content platform in medium and heavy mobile games. Under the background that the scale of domestic mobile game players has peaked, the advantages of this kind of platform will be further highlighted in the future.
In addition to the list, the Chinese mobile game publishers who are shortlisted for the global income TOP100 areHeroes entertain each other、Six Waves、Create cool interaction、bilibili、Wisdom star pass、Competitive world、Mengjia network、Sky Tour NetworkAndChinese onlineThere are 39 manufacturers in total
China App Store mobile games income TOP20
In the domestic market, a number of commercial masterpieces have been listed recently. "Miracle of the whole people" issued by Tencent and "Voyage King's Hot Blood Route" released by Lightyear ranked 14th and 15th respectively.
Thunder game Xiuxian, which went on sale at the end of January, continued the outstanding performance of the past two months and firmly ranked ninth on the list. Xiuxian-themed literary and creative works have always had a huge user base in China. "Yi Nian Xiaoyao" skillfully integrates the placement of play, and polishes and upgrades the quality of the game, so that the industry can see the market potential of this category.
Edit / lydia