Ready for our monthly report of the most downloaded games in the world? In October things were looking good. Nay, Great!
Garena Free Fire Max was the most downloaded game in the world last month. Max isn't the same as the Garena Free Fire we've seen before. I mean, it's essentially the same game, but with better graphics. However, it's a whole separate game to download. Max ended October with 27M new downloads across the App Store and Google Play, according to our estimates.
Brand new hyper-casual 456: Survival made its way into second place with 22 estimated million downloads, followed by yet another hyper-casual, Cookie Cutter. And finally, Subway Surfers, which dropped two spots this month but managed to get the same number of downloads.
Together, the top 10 most downloaded games made their way into 185 million iOS and Android devices in October. That's a big increase over September's 157 million, and as we've seen in previous years, it's likely to continue growing as we head into the holidays.
December saw a curious split: downloads dropped 2% while revenue sat at $1.3B. ChatGPT and TikTok dominated both charts as the mobile industry enters a new maturity phase.
Wall Street bet $2 billion on Polymarket, and downloads surged 1,172% in December. The prediction market banned in 2022 is now where Wall Street looks for signals.