Competition in mobile gaming app stores can be fierce, with familiar and new gacha games constantly rising and falling in the rankings. We’ll be tracking them weekly across major regions, and this week’s charts cover May 15 to May 21. Based on estimated top-grossing rankings from Sensor Tower and AppMagic, the figures below combine estimates across both Android and iOS.
Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail continued to flex HoYoverse’s dominance across multiple regions this week. GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE is also enjoying renewed momentum in Korea, likely helped by its more light-hearted B-Side Idol event after last month’s emotional 3.5 Half Year-Anniversary storyline. In Japan, though, Umamusume: Pretty Derby surprisingly slipped and was taken over by Gakuen iDOLM@STER, which recently celebrated its 2nd anniversary with a major 3D live concert.
Spending drop in the former might reflect players entering ‘money-saving mode,’ however, as the Paka Live TV #3 news stream is scheduled for May 27 next week. Fans are already speculating about a possible June Bride-themed update, including rumors of Wedding Dress variants for Gentildonna or Chrono Genesis, giving them a reason to stock up on Paid Jewels. Meanwhile, SD Gundam G Generation ETERNAL stayed in the country’s Top 10 gacha following the game’s first anniversary celebrations in April, which added fan-favourite Wing Gundam Zero unit. It helps that the Gundam franchise is also in celebration mode ahead of its 50th anniversary next year with a new Gundam Wing project in the works, giving a nice extra boost to mecha hype.
Last but not least, one curious case. Neverness to Everness — arguably one of the biggest newcomers in the gacha conversation right now — only managed to barely break into one region’s Top 10 and is nowhere in sight elsewhere. Recent controversy surrounding generative AI usage may have hurt its performance, but there’s another explanation as well. These charts only track mobile spending, meaning the ‘anime GTA’ could simply find a bigger audience on PC and PS5 instead.
Here’s how major mobile and gacha games performed across key regions for the week of May 15 to 21.
Global
Global chart only takes data from AppMagic.
| Rank | Game | Last Month’s Revenue |
| 1 | Honor of Kings | $100,000,000 |
| 2 | PUBG Mobile | $50,000,000 |
| 3 | Genshin Impact | $16,000,000 |
| 4 | Delta Force | $50,000,000 |
| 5 | Valorant Mobile | $20,000,000 |
| 6 | eFootball | $40,000,000 |
| 7 | Pokémon GO | $32,000,000 |
| 8 | Gakuen iDOLM@STER | $4,000,000 |
| 9 | Honkai: Star Rail | $25,000,000 |
| 10 | GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE | $20,000,000 |
Japan
| Rank | Game | Last Month’s Revenue |
| 1 | Genshin Impact | $10,000,000 |
| 2 | eFootball | $40,000,000 |
| 3 | Gakuen iDOLM@STER | $4,000,000 |
| 4 | Monster Strike | $19,000,000 |
| 5 | Wuthering Waves | $7,000,000 |
| 6 | ONE PIECE Bounty Rush | $6,000,000 |
| 7 | The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross | $1,000,000 |
| 8 | Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade | $1,000,000 |
| 9 | Umamusume: Pretty Derby | $6,000,000 |
| 10 | SD Gundam G Generation ETERNAL | $19,000,000 |
Korea
| Rank | Game | Last Month’s Revenue |
| 1 | GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE | $20,000,000 |
| 2 | Wuthering Waves | $7,000,000 |
| 3 | Com2uS Pro Baseball | $2,000,000 |
| 4 | eFootball | $40,000,000 |
| 5 | EA Sports FC Mobile | $2,000,000 |
| 6 | Genshin Impact | $16,000,000 |
| 7 | Honkai: Star Rail | $25,000,000 |
| 8 | PUBG Mobile | $50,000,000 |
| 9 | Neverness to Everness | N/A |
| 10 | Seven Knights Re:BIRTH | $1,100,000 |
China
Sensor Tower and AppMagic only provide data for iOS.
| Rank | Game | Last Month’s Revenue |
| 1 | Honor of Kings | $100,000,000 |
| 2 | Delta Force | $50,000,000 |
| 3 | PUBG Mobile | $50,000,000 |
| 4 | Genshin Impact | $16,000,000 |
| 5 | Valorant Mobile | $21,000,000 |
| 6 | CrossFire: Legends | $6,000,000 |
| 7 | Naruto Mobile | $9,000,000 |
| 8 | Wuthering Waves | $7,000,000 |
| 9 | EA Sports FC Mobile | $2,000,000 |
| 10 | Love and Deepspace | $8,000,000 |
That wraps up this week’s mobile and gacha revenue roundup. Be sure to check back weekly as your favourite social games continue competing for the Top 10s, and stay tuned to GameObserver for all the latest gaming news and reviews.
