With the widespread use of smartphones and tablets, the mobile game industry has gained great importance. Now even the world’s largest video game developers are turning to mobile games, trying to catch up with smartphone users. Socialpeta, a market research company that takes the pulse of the industry, examined the mobile game industry. Here are the most downloaded and most paid mobile games of May 2022…
When we analyze the download data of global mobile games of Socialpeta, we see that hyper-casual games and parkour games cover a large part of the total downloads, with the largest contribution made by the Indian market. In addition, we are witnessing that the games released globally in May also attract great attention.
Here are the most downloaded mobile games in May 2022:
The most downloaded mobile games in the App Store:
- Subway Surfers
- Apex Legends Mobile
- Tall Man Run
- Fishdom
- Stumble Guys
- roblox
- Deliver It 3D
- Fill the Fridge!
- 8 Ball Pool
- Bridge Race
Most downloaded mobile games on Google Play Store:
- Subway Surfers
- Tall Man Run
- Ludo King
- Garena Free Fire MAX
- Apex Legends Mobile
- Deliver It 3D
- Bridge Race
- Race Master 3D
- candy Crush Saga
- Xtreme Motorbikes
Voodoo released its casual game, Deliver It 3D, in March. Its new and engaging gameplay, which includes parcel delivery, has resulted in the game being downloaded more than 3 million times on the App Store, rising 7 places on the list and surpassing Fill The Fridge!. It has seen 14.2 million downloads on Google Play, 45.8% of these downloads were from the Indian, Indonesian and US markets.
Global open betas of some hardcore games started in May. Apex Legends, one of the big names of Electronic Arts, was released on mobile devices on May 17. The game, which is open in 145 countries on the App Store, ranked first in the list of free games in 47 countries / regions including the USA and Japan, and the top 2-10 in 46 countries / regions including England, France and Germany. has been. The game achieved 19.7 million downloads in total for Android and iOS in May. Lilith Games’ new card role-playing game Dislyte was released on May 10. With its well-designed gameplay system, high-quality designs and a strong publishing team, the game entered the top 10 most downloaded games list in 14 countries/regions on its release day.
The top-grossing mobile games in May 2022 are as follows:
Top grossing games on the App Store:
- candy Crush Saga
- roblox
- Clash of Clans
- Pokémon GO
- homescapes
Top grossing games on Google Play Store:
- Coin Master
- ウマ娘 プリティーダービー
- candy Crush Saga
- roblox
- モンスターストライク
If we look at the revenues of global mobile games, it has been observed that the revenues of some games have decreased due to major economic changes on a global scale. For example, Roblox saw a 36.6% drop in the App Store and a 13.3% drop in Google Play compared to last month. PUBG Mobile earned $19.2 million in App Store revenue in May, down 40.6% compared to the previous month.
It was also noted that some ACGN (Anime, Comics, Game and Novel) themed Japanese mobile games saw revenue growth. Niantic’s role-playing game Pokemon Go, for example, has shown tremendous revenue growth. In terms of income, it rose 6 places in the App Store and 9 places in Google Play. It achieved a 14% increase in Android and iOS total compared to the previous month and generated 45.2 million dollars in revenue. The game updated quite frequently in May, organized events such as “A Mega Moment”, “Flying Pikachu”, “Water Festival”, “Alola to Alola”, and showed an increase in revenue that allowed it to peak in revenue in 2022.
Uma Musume Pretty Derby, the mobile game of Cygames, achieved a rapid rise in Android and iOS rankings, rose 10 places in the App Store and 1 place in Google Play. The game achieved a revenue increase of 17.1% in Android and iOS total compared to the previous month, and achieved $ 63.1 million.
By the way; Socialpeta, Adapty, AppNava, and Puzzle Game Society will organize an event about casual game marketing and monetization methods. If you would like to participate in the event that will be held on Friday, June 24, 2022, between 14.00-15.30 (GMT+3), you can register by filling out the form here.
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