Mobile gaming Q1 2025 in numbers.

Mobile gaming Q1 2025 in numbers.

Most notable new releases:

𝟭. 燕云十六声 – 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗣𝗚
1.5M downloads | $10.9M revenue

𝟮. 𝗜 𝗔𝗺 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 – 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿
4.84M downloads | $34K revenue

𝟯. 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗱𝗼𝗺 – 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲
5.5M downloads | $8.9M revenue

𝟰. 𝗗𝗖: 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝟰𝗫 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆
1.1M downloads | $8.3M revenue

𝟱. 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 – 𝟰𝗫 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆
5.8M downloads | $21.2M revenue

Some are big hits. Others? Not quite.
Genre and monetization models still make all the difference.

𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

• Total downloads: 14B (+7.6% YoY)
• Total IAP revenue: $15.7B (+7% YoY)

The market continues to grow, but slower than before.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀?

• 12,821 new titles launched
• 555M downloads
• $288M in IAP revenue
• Only 3.4% reached 100K+ monthly downloads

Success is rare. Breaking out is harder than ever.

𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲𝘀:

𝟭. 𝗣𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲 – 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲 (+𝟰𝟭𝟳%)

𝟮. 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 – 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗘𝗮𝘁 & 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄 (+𝟮𝟮𝟱.𝟵%)

𝟯. 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 – 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 (+𝟵𝟵.𝟱%)

𝟰. 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝗺 (+𝟲𝟵%)

𝟱. 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿 – 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝗲 (+𝟲𝟬.𝟳%)

Trends shift fast. Creativity still wins.

𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲𝘀:

𝟭. 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗼𝘅 (–𝟲𝟭.𝟰%)

𝟮. 𝗣𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲 – 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲 (–𝟯𝟭.𝟰%)

𝟯. 𝗣𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲 – 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗹 & 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 (–𝟮𝟵.𝟯%)

𝟰. 𝗣𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲 – 𝗔𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘆 (–𝟮𝟳.𝟳%)

𝟱. 𝗥𝗣𝗚 – 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗣𝗚 (–𝟰𝟯.𝟱%)

Even big genres aren’t safe from player fatigue.

𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲:

• Tencent: $2.7B
• FUNFLY: $524M
• Diandian: $499M
• Scopely: $489M
• NetEase: $456M
• Playrix: $440M
• Dream Games: $428M

𝗕𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀:

• AZUR: 342M
• Miniclip: 248M
• BabyBus: 233M
• VOODOO: 211M
• SayGames: 207M
• Tencent: 201M
• Supersonic: 192M

High volume doesn’t always mean high revenue.
But scale still rules.

Mobile gaming in Q1 2025?
Still growing. Still changing. Still full of surprises.

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Data Source: AppMagic