A Double Portion of Pokémon - The Highest Earning Games in the World
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There's been a disturbance in the eerie calm that's fallen over the top-earning charts as of late, and it has to do with an almost 10 year old game. Let's take a look at what I found in June's data.
Tencent's Honor of Kings is long past becoming the mobile game with the most months at the top of this ranking. They may as well just declare once and for all it's HoK and everything else. That said, the game still hasn't managed to catch on in Western markets, so the spending you're seeing is mostly from China and Southeast Asia.
Appfigures estimates that the game netted $137M last month, which is actually down $17M from May's total.
That dip in revenue meant that last month's #2 performer, Whiteout Survival from Century Games, nearly caught up to it with $136M in estimated net revenue globally. The title, set on an Earth in the grip of a new ice age, was also #2 in May.
Last War also saw its rank unchanged from May, but #4 went to Scopely's Monopoly Go, which rolled the dice and moved up from #6 in May.
PUBG Mobile wasn't able to hold onto its #5 position from May, losing it to Royal Match, which was pushed down the chart during Monopoly Go's ascent. PUBG had pushed Monopoly Go out of the top five in May, showing just how competitive the topmost rankings are.
Pokémon Go hadn't been seen in these charts since March, but it returned to all three last month in the lower half of the rankings. Still, its presence meant there were two Pokémon titles on all three charts, the other being Pokémon TCG Pocket.
$910M was generated by the top 10 games last month, after the store fees were deducted. That was down slightly from $926M for May's top 10 (by only about 2%) but still $12M higher than April's haul of $898M.
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