Sensor Tower: miHoYo's "Honkai Impact 3rd: Star Rail" wins the championship of September's overseas mobile game revenue growth list

According to the latest data from Sensor Tower, a store intelligence platform, in early September, miHoYo's "Honkai Impact 3rd: Star Rail" launched the new 2.5 version "Azure Feather Soars with Golden Wolf", with the opening of the new storyline "Mingxiao Martial Arts Competition • Below", the launch of new maps "Competition Ship" and characters such as "Feixiao" and "Lingsha", "Honkai Impact 3rd: Star Rail" saw a 68% month-on-month increase in overseas revenue in September, winning the championship in the outbound mobile game revenue growth list for this period, jumping 6 places to 2nd in the revenue ranking.

DotDot Interactive's ice and snow apocalypse-themed 4X strategy mobile game "Whiteout Survival" remained at the top of the outbound mobile game revenue list. In the latter half of September, "Whiteout Survival" reached a milestone of over 90 million global downloads. With the boost from events such as "90 Million Milestone", "Full Moon 2024", and "Frostdragon Tyrant", the game's overseas revenue increased by 7% month-on-month, once again breaking historical records. Coupled with strong growth in the Chinese iOS market, by the end of September, "Whiteout Survival" had accumulated global revenue exceeding 1.3 billion US dollars.

On September 17th, "Genshin Impact" launched the limited five-star characters "Kujou Sara" and "Raiden Shogun" wish event, leading to a rapid increase in daily revenue. The game's overseas revenue increased by 19% month-on-month in this period, ranking 4th in revenue and 3rd in growth.

With the introduction of the limited S-rank agent "Jean" in the 1.1 second half gacha on September 4th, and the launch of the new 1.2 version "Pyro Hypostasis" and the limited S-rank agent "Kaiser" on September 25th, "Honkai Impact 3rd" saw two waves of revenue peaks. The game's overseas revenue increased by 20% in September, moving up 6 places to 6th in revenue ranking and ranking 4th in growth.

Thanks to successful online event operations, Lemon Game's synthesis mobile games "Gossip Harbor" and "Seaside Escape" saw revenue increases of 15% and 10% in September, reaching new historical highs and ranking 8th and 14th in revenue. In the global synthesis mobile game market, the two games took the top two spots in the revenue growth list for this period, maintaining 2nd and 3rd in revenue ranking, also driving Lemon Game's revenue up by 11%, securing the top spot among synthesis mobile game publishers.

September Outbound Mobile Game Revenue Growth List

In early September, Dewdrop Games officially launched the MMORPG "The Last Taoist" in markets such as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore. The game quickly topped the Google Play download chart in the China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau markets on the first day. With its Chinese-style horror theme and effective advertising, the game's revenue grew rapidly in the Taiwan market, ranking 5th in the growth list for September, with nearly 80% of the total revenue coming from the Taiwan market On September 13, the Japanese version of the second-dimensional mobile game "Azur Lane" under Yostar Network celebrated its seventh anniversary. With the start of commemorative activities and the launch of new costumes, props, and a large number of benefits, the daily revenue of "Azur Lane" in Japan quickly increased, with a staggering 67% month-on-month increase in overseas revenue, returning to 27th place in revenue rankings and 6th place in growth rankings.

In early August, the 3D casual fishing simulation mobile game "Fishing Master" under Ark Game was launched in the international market, immediately topping the overall download charts of the US iOS and Google Play, as well as the iPhone game download charts in Japan. In early September, with the implementation of localization strategies, "Fishing Master" saw a steady increase in revenue in the Taiwan market, maintaining the top spot on the local market's App Store and Google Play download charts for several weeks, sweeping the September Taiwan mobile game download charts, download growth charts, and revenue growth charts, with a staggering 207% increase in overseas revenue this month, ranking 9th in the growth rankings. The Taiwan market contributed 78% of the total revenue for this period.

The Korean version of the healing adventure idle RPG mobile game "Let's Go, Muffin" by Xindong Network was officially launched in early September, immediately entering the top 2 of the Google Play download chart in Korea. With the gradual increase in revenue in the Korean market, "Let's Go, Muffin" saw a significant 92% increase in overseas revenue this period, ranking 10th in the growth rankings.

Following the launch of "Zombie.io" and "Shoot Shoot Heroes" in the European, American, Chinese, Taiwanese, Hong Kong, and Macau markets, Joy Net Games launched "Potato Hero: Zombie Survival" and "감자슉슈슉" in Southeast Asia and Korea at the end of August and early September, respectively. With a beloved doomsday theme, cute 3D cartoon characters, exciting action shooting gameplay, and a large number of benefits, the game topped the September mobile game download chart in Korea, becoming the most downloaded mobile game in the Korean market in September, with a 36% increase in overseas revenue this period, ranking 11th in the growth rankings.

Also making their first appearance in this period's growth rankings are Fantang Network Technology's RPG mobile game "City of Cats," Leyuan Element's RPG new game "ReverseBlue×Re-birthEnd," Silkworld Game's 4X strategy new game "Dark War Survival," and Wonder Game's idle simulation management mobile game "Carnival Tycoon: Idle Games."

September Overseas Mobile Game Download Rankings Tencent's "PUBG MOBILE" maintained stable download volume in September, rising 1 spot in the rankings and reclaiming the top spot on the download chart.

"Subway Princess Runner" maintained steady download volume this period, ranking 2nd on the download chart.

DotDot Interactive's "Whiteout Survival" saw a 14% increase in overseas download volume, jumping to 4th place on the download chart