Same Title, More Money! The Highest-Earning Games in the World in May
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I crunched the numbers and ranked the highest-earning mobile games in the world. Movement was minimal in May but revenue wasn't.
At all.
Honor of Kings was the highest-earning game in the world in May. Appfigures Intelligence shows the China-only title brought in $154M of net revenue from the App Store alone (Google Play isn't available in China) to earn the top position. Net means after Apple's fees are taken out.
The title was the highest earner in April as well, but short a few millions.
Whiteout Survival was the second highest earner, bringing in $145M of net revenue, according to our estimates. The same one-two punch as April, but that's not all.
Last War and Royal Match came in 3rd and fourth, respectively, in both April and May. May delivered more revenue, however.
PUBG rounded out the top five with $105M of net revenue, according to our estimates. It's one of two titles that moved in May, climbing one spot and kicking Monopoly Go out of the top 5 for the first time ever since it came into our charts back in June of 2023.
That's big!
Only one of the remaining four titles moved and that's Roblox. According to our App Intelligence, Roblox brought in $42M of net revenue, pushing it into the 10th spot overall, an appearance it hasn't made since February.
But don't let the static nature of May's list fool you - it was a big month!
We estimate that the top 10 highest-earning games in the world saw $926M of net revenue (after fees) in May. When compared to April, that's a 7% increase, and that's good news for game developers. Even those who didn't make the top 10 list.
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All figures included in this report are estimated. Unless specified otherwise, estimated revenue is always net, meaning it's the amount the developer earned after Apple and Google took their fee.
