The mobile industry is growing, and the number of gamers and developers is increasing daily. Mobile games bring in more than $1 billion in revenue, and many do it yearly. HC.Games editors have prepared the top 5 games that have crossed this milestone.
RAID: Shadow Legends
RAID: Shadow Legends from Plarium Studios was released on July 29, 2018, and has been present in the mobile industry info field since, so the game’s appearance in this top is no surprise. RAID: Shadow legends is a representative of the RPG genre, crossing the billion-dollar mark this July, four years after its release.
The game has received international recognition, but the most active users were players from the United States, which accounted for 59% of spending. RAID: Shadow legends were installed 62 million times, and 24.7% came from American players.
RAID: Shadow legends became successful thanks to the company’s marketing policy. The studio sponsored game content creators MrBeast, The Angry Video Game Nerd, and JonTron.
Mafia City
Mafia City is a strategy game with RTS combat mechanics. The player takes on the role of a mafia boss who wants to develop his empire.
The game from Yotta Games studio was released on March 30, 2017, and since then has seen growth and ever-increasing revenues. Mafia City is rated no lower than 4.5 stars on the marketplaces, with 1.25 million installs.
Lineage 2M
Lineage 2M is a mobile version of the Korean MMORPG Lineage 2, first released in 2003. During the first three months after its release, the game brought in revenue of $152 million.
Lineage 2M was released on November 27, 2019, thanks to developers NCSoft and E&G Studios. Following Lineage M, one of the highest-grossing mobile games in history, Lineage 2M joined the unicorn club within one year of release. Part of Lineage 2M’s success is due to the in-game variety.
The game will be released in Western markets in December 2021, and the developers hope to replicate the success of the original release.
Toon Blast
Toon Blast is a match 3 game from Zynga studio. The genre has succeeded with its simple and exciting gameplay, but Toon Blast stands out with its charming art style and characters.
Toon Blast came out in January 2017 and was initially developed by Peak Game Studios. Still, the game’s gaining success was noticed by Zynga, under whose guidance it surpassed the $1 billion revenue mark in 2019.
Dragon Quest Walk
The success of the Dragon Quest franchise is due to a combination of several factors: turn-based combat that RPG fans are familiar with, the visual style specific to Dragon Quest, and bringing those features to the real world with AR.
Dragon Quest Walk by COLOPL Studios is exclusive to the Japanese market. The franchise has achieved success in this country, and sales of the latest instalment, Dragon Quest XI, exceeded two million units on the first day of release. The game became the world’s second highest earning mobile game within three months of freedom, earning $818.2 million in half a year.
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