(Almost) Everyone's a Winner! The Highest-Earning Mobile Games in March

March is officially behind us and that means it's time to crunch the numbers and rank the highest-earning mobile games. And this month I'm back at the typewriter after having Randy, our head of insights, take over the section while he's working on a big games report that's coming soon.

Buckle in because March was... interesting.

Whiteout Survival was the highest-earning game in the world in March. Not what I'd expect. According to Appfigures Intelligence, the game brought in $133M of net revenue, what the publisher gets to keep after Apple and Google take their fees, in March. Its biggest haul to date.

Royal Match came in second in March with $117M of net revenue from the App Store and Google Play (but mostly from the App Store), according to our estimates. It's worth noting that Royal Match was the top earner on Google Play in March.

Monopoly Go, which isn't a stranger to this list, came in third in March with $117M of net revenue.

If you're thinking "wait, someone's missing", you are correct. Honor of Kings has had control over the top of our ranks for a while, but in March it only made it as far as the fourth spot even though it was the highest-earner on the App Store. That's because the other three's combined revenue (Apple and Google) pushed them above. I didn't expect this.

However!

What I also didn't expect to see were four China-only titles ranking on the App Store's list. That's a first.

Together, we estimate that the top 10 highest-earning mobile games added $947M of net revenue to their bottom lines. That's a few points up from February which was already a strong month. As we head towards the summer, I expect this growth to continue.