The May popular game download list is out! "Happy Fishing Master", "King of Glory", and "Peace Elite" respectively took the top three spots

Zhitong Finance APP learned that recently, Qimai Data released the May 2024 popular game rankings, including the Top 30 popular game download list and the Top 30 popular game revenue list. In the popular game download list, the Top 1 has changed to the "new face", which is the recently launched "Joyful Fishing Master" under Tuyoo in the past two months, with Top 2 and 3 being Tencent's (00700) classic mobile games "Honor of Kings" and "Peace Elite".

"Joyful Fishing Master" is a fishing simulation mobile game launched by Tuyoo, combining the fun of casual simulation and the RPG development elements. Since its launch at the end of March, it has been leading the pack and has been a frequent visitor to the top of the free list. According to Qimai Data statistics, in May, "Joyful Fishing Master" occupied the Top 1 spot on the game's free list for 14 days, greatly loved by players.

Overall, the new entries in the Top 30 popular mobile game download list in May are particularly noteworthy. Compared to last month, there are a total of 8 new products on the list. Among the "new and rising mobile games" that debuted this month and made it to the download list, there are 5: "Dungeon & Warrior: Origin," "Let's Go Muffin," "Mingchao," "Journey to the West: Brushstroke Journey," and "Wanderer: The Dominator of the Continent."

Among the popular new games this month, Tencent's "Dungeon & Warrior: Origin," a work of "Ye Qinghui," stands out. The original work "Dungeon & Warrior" was released in China as early as 2008 and has been a classic side-scrolling 2D fighting game that has been popular for more than a decade. This mobile version perfectly reproduces the classic style and graphics of the original game. With familiar pixel art style, classic professional dungeons, and smooth combat feel, it has not only attracted a large number of old players but also drawn many new players into the game.

According to the data, "Dungeon & Warrior: Origin" has dominated the top spot on the App Store game's free list for dozens of days since its launch, showing its popularity. It is worth mentioning that the game's popularity has also driven a surge in downloads of its official information app "DNF Assistant."

In addition to the "new and rising mobile games," among the new entries on the list, there are two noteworthy "comeback works," "Starving Wilderness" and "Dust White Forbidden Zone."

"Starving Wilderness" is a free survival adventure game launched by Kuai Fei Studio in 2018, combining survival, adventure, and strategy gameplay. In May, its popularity soared, from being absent from the list to gradually emerging and entering the monthly download Top 7; "Dust White Forbidden Zone," a second-dimensional beautiful girl shooting mobile game by Xishanju, also optimized the user experience through a series of "breakthrough" measures, welcoming a wave of download peaks in mid-May.

Looking at the categories of the games that entered the list, relying on several perennial mobile games on the list, action games still have the highest number of entries, followed by adventure and role-playing games From the perspective of the companies behind the popular games, Tencent has 10 products on the list, NetEase (09999) has 4, and Leiting Games has 2.

The top 3 positions on the popular game revenue list remain "stable", with Tencent's "Honor of Kings," "Peacekeeper Elite," and "Game for Peace" still leading the pack.

Focusing on newly listed products, there are a total of 5 new products in the top 30 of the May popular game revenue list. "Dungeon & Fighter: Origin," "Set Sail Muffin," and "Journey to the West: Brushstroke Journey," which are popular in the download rankings, have also achieved good results in the revenue rankings. Established power games "Arknights" and "King of Salted Fish" also saw a surge in revenue in May, coinciding with anniversaries and re-entering the top 30 of the popular game revenue list after several months.

This month, the adventure game "Set Sail Muffin" under Xindong Network brought a surprise to the gaming market. Its "idle placement" light gameplay not only frees players' hands, but also meets players' fragmented entertainment needs. The game also features team socializing, multiple career choices, dungeon challenges, etc., making the game both fun and playable, providing players with a rich experience.

In addition to gameplay, "Set Sail Muffin" has gained a lot of "bonus points" by combining its own style with the crossover collaboration of "Line Dog." Firstly, the art styles of the two are perfectly matched. "Set Sail Muffin" features a Japanese cartoon healing style, while the beloved "Line Dog" is known for its cute and healing anthropomorphic behaviors. Secondly, the collaboration is set up very cleverly in the game. In the game, Line Dog (Maltese and friend Golden Retriever) becomes one of the Muffin Beasts, and its silly and cute image, along with the various "cute pets" provided by the Muffin Beast system in the game, blend seamlessly. This collaboration successfully attracted a group of new players who downloaded Muffin because of Line Dog.

Also in May, achieving the "1+1>2" effect through crossover collaborations is Yishijie's "I Am the Big Boss." In May, coinciding with the third anniversary of "I Am the Big Boss," it launched a hot collaboration with "The Outcast," which is praised as the peak of Chinese comics.

As the flagship product in Yishijie's simulation business product matrix, "I Am the Big Boss" aims to inherit and promote ancient commercial culture, organically combining modern and humorous business elements with ancient business practices in digital form. With its innovative theme, excellent game quality and player experience, as well as a rich and diverse operational marketing strategy, it has been in long-term operation for three years and has won multiple awards. This collaboration with "The Outcast" has not only received positive market feedback, but the two sides have also created and explored the inheritance and innovation of Chinese cultural values through exchanges After ten years of serialization with the national comic "Evergreen Tree" and "Painting Rivers and Lakes: The Bad Guys", Yishijie's "I am the Boss" has teamed up with the Dunhuang Museum to open a new chapter in the Silk Road trade journey.

It is reported that after the launch of "I am the Boss", Yishijie proposed a national style marketing strategy, empowering games through cross-border collaboration with IPs in different fields such as cultural and creative products, animation, and film and television with national characteristics. In addition to the collaboration with "Painting Rivers and Lakes: The Bad Guys" and the Dunhuang Museum this time, it has also collaborated with "The Legend of Qin", "Journey to the West", and partnered with the Luoyang Museum, the Tang Dynasty Palace Museum, etc., to restore historical treasures in the game and explore a new path of combining games with traditional culture.

Looking at the games that made it to the list, the trends remain consistent with the past, with a higher number of action, role-playing, strategy, and card games. Among them, the card game "Journey to the West: Brushstroke Journey" launched by Changyou stands out as a new work in the Journey to the West theme, attracting a large number of players with its original storyline of over a million words and anime-style animation.

In terms of the manufacturers of the games that made it to the list, Tencent has 11 products, NetEase has 5, and miHoYo has 2