Recently, Qimai Data released the ranking of popular games for May 2025. In the popular game download list, the top three spots are all held by "Tencent", and in the popular game revenue list, "Honor of Kings" and "Peace Elite" firmly occupy the top two positions.
According to the Zhitong Finance APP, recently, Qimai Data released the popular games ranking for May 2025, which includes the Top 30 popular game downloads and the Top 30 popular game revenue. In terms of the popular download list, Tencent (00700) dominates the Top 3, with "Delta Action" ranking at Top 1, followed by "Honor of Kings" and "Peace Elite" at Top 2 and Top 3, respectively. In the popular game revenue ranking, "Honor of Kings" and "Peace Elite" firmly hold Top 1 and Top 2. "Endless Winter" under Diandian Interactive occupies Top 3.
In May, 8 new games entered the download list Top 30, with 6 of them being newly launched games in May, including "Blood Boiling Basketball", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Fantasy Continent 2: Song of the Hero", "Treading the Wind", "Bad People: Breaking the Game", "Brave Land", and "Goddess of Victory: New Hope".
In May, ARCHOSAUR GAMES (09990) launched the mobile game "Treading the Wind", which sparked a trend of cultivation in the gaming community. According to monitoring by Qimai Data, after pre-orders were turned into listings, the game surged to Top 1 on the iOS free game list, achieving a spectacular debut like a dark horse.
In terms of the types of games that made the list, action mobile games had the highest number, with 7 games making the ranking.
Regarding the game publishers represented in the rankings, Tencent leads with 12 games, while NetEase (09999) follows with 5 games. Among them, "Yanyun Sixteen Sounds" under NetEase stands out, ranking Top 4 on the list. This game will enter public testing on PC on December 27, 2024, and will be simultaneously launched on mobile on January 2025, making its debut on the iOS free game list at Top 1 on the same day.
In the popular game revenue ranking, "Honor of Kings" and "Peace Elite" maintain Top 1 and Top 2. "Endless Winter" under Diandian Interactive occupies Top 3.
From the perspective of new entries in mobile games, there are only 4 new products in the revenue rankings for May. They are "Arknights," "Genshin Impact," "FC Football World," and "Xianyu." Among the categories of the games that made it onto the list, action mobile games lead with 7 entries, followed closely by role-playing games with 5 entries.
Looking at the manufacturers of the games on the list, Tencent has 13 entries and NetEase has 5.
