China Regains Control - The Highest Earning Games in April
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I crunched the numbers and used our App Intelligence and ranked the highest earning mobile games in the world in April. It was a big month for China!
Honor of Kings was the highest earning mobile game in the world in April, even though it's only available in China, earning a whopping $144M after fees, according to our estimates. March was a down month for Honor of Kings, but April saw it return to its full glory.
Whiteout Survival, March's winner, dropped back a spot, earning $131M of net revenue in April, according to our estimates.
Last War's revenue rose 9% in April to claim the third spot with $112M of net revenue. Royal Match and Monopoly Go dropped down a spot each and did not manage to outdo March's total. Our estimates show both saw revenue dropping below $100M.
Once again, China's dominance is on display having four of the top 10 titles in the App Store and three of the top 10 overall, even though Google Play doesn't operate in China.
Appfigures Intelligence shows that the top 10 highest earners added $898M of net revenue to their bottom lines. Net means what the publishers get to keep after store fees. This total is a good chunk lower than March's total haul, but I expect the trend to pick back up as we head into summer and cross into the B scale very soon.
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