Sensor Tower: In February, a total of 35 Chinese mobile game manufacturers collectively generated $1.9 billion in revenue, accounting for 37% of the total revenue of the top 100 publishers globally.

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07/03/2025
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Sensor Tower's store intelligence platform shows that in February 2025, a total of 35 Chinese manufacturers made it to the top 100 global mobile game publishers revenue list, with a total revenue of $1.9 billion, accounting for 37% of the revenue of the top 100 mobile game publishers in this period. Top 30 Chinese mobile game publishers by revenue As the Lunar New Year approaches, NetEase's social party mobile game "Egg Party" has launched a collaboration with the classic animation "Calabash Brothers" and introduced exquisite appearances of the Calabash Brothers. At the same time, the collaboration between "Egg Party" and "Milk Dragon" kicked off on January 29, and the Milk Dragon red envelope rain event continued to be online from January 28 to February 4. On January 29, "Egg Party" daily revenue quickly soared to the highest value in nearly 12 months, with a 22% increase in revenue in February, securing the second place on the revenue list. The 4X strategy mobile game "Whiteout Survival" continues to maintain strong profitability, with a 4% month-on-month revenue growth in February, driving a 4% increase in revenue for DotDot Interactive, ranking third on the revenue list. The synthesis mobile games "Gossip Harbor" and "Seaside Escape" from Lemon Micro Fun also maintained growth trends, with an 8% and 10% month-on-month revenue increase, helping the publisher achieve a 9% month-on-month revenue growth in February, advancing one place to fifth on the revenue list. In the field of synthesis mobile games, Lemon Micro Fun retains the championship title, with February revenue reaching 3.5 times that of the second-place publisher. Jiangyu Interactive's flagship games "Top Heroes" and "Pocket Heroes" saw a 7% and 26% increase in revenue in February respectively, driving a 13% month-on-month revenue increase for the publisher, ranking tenth on the revenue list. "Top Heroes" achieved a 7% month-on-month revenue growth in February after surpassing 10 million global downloads in late January, approaching $200 million in cumulative revenue on its one-year anniversary. Florere Game's post-apocalyptic 4X strategy mobile games "Dark War Survival" and "Last Z: Survival Shooter" saw a 7% and 69% increase in revenue in February, leading to an 18% increase in revenue for the publisher, reaching a historical high and advancing three places to 14th on the revenue list. "Last Z: Survival Shooter" is currently only available on the Google Play platform, attracting players quickly with its popular dodge shooting gameplay and hot advertising material, and providing a deeper gaming experience through the strategic gameplay of character collection and resource management. During the Spring Festival, Le Yuansu's match-three mobile game "Happy Clearing" launched various welfare gift packs, and with casual games becoming one of the important ways for people to socialize and entertain during the holidays, the revenue of the game increased by 19% in February, driving Le Yuansu's revenue to increase by 9%, rising five places to 19th on the list. Leniu Games' brand-new hardcore combat MMORPG mobile game "I9: Inferno Nine," launched in the Korean market in mid-January, performed outstandingly, ranking second in the February Korean RPG mobile game revenue list, second only to "Lineage M," and winning the champion of this period's overseas mobile game revenue growth, driving a 110% increase in revenue for the publisher and entering the revenue list for the first time at 27th place. Outside of the list, the Chinese mobile game publishers that made it to the top 100 global revenue list are: HaoPlay, Competitive World, Game Card Network, 4399, and Le Douyou Game, totaling 34 companies. Top 20 Chinese App Store mobile game revenue Tencent's games such as "King of Glory," "Peace Elite," "Jin Chan Chan Battle," and "CrossFire" swept the top four spots on the Chinese App Store mobile game revenue list. In February, "King of Glory" continued to maintain stable profitability, with the introduction of new skins such as "Cang," "Xishi," and "Di Renjie" helping the game's revenue increase by 8% in the Chinese iOS market, securing the revenue champion of this period. Driven by events like Valentine's Day, "Endless Winter" saw a 23% month-on-month revenue increase in this period, surpassing the United States once again in revenue in the Chinese iOS market. With the introduction of the new character "Agalya" in the 3.0 lower half gacha pool, and the release of the all-new 3.1 version "The Opening of the Gate, the End of the Throne," miHoYo's "Honkai Impact: Stardust Railway" saw an 11% month-on-month revenue increase in this period, returning to 16th place on the list.

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