What the numbers say: PUBG Mobile stood out as one of the highest-earning mobile games in 2022, raking in over $1.7B globally in just the first eight months. However, the top earner for the year was the Chinese game Honor of Kings. Relevance: Sensor Tower's store intelligence data, released in April, indicated that Tencent's Honor of Kings maintained its status as the top-grossing mobile game worldwide in March 2023, generating $215M globally on both the App Store and Google Play. Additionally, Tencent's PUBG Mobile (including "Peace Elite" revenue) secured second place with earnings of $139M. Notably, 65.6% of this revenue originated from the Chinese iOS market, while the U.S. and Saudi Arabian markets contributed 8.7% and 2.8%, respectively. |
