May’s top 20 grossing mobile game

Mobilegamer.biz has released the global mobile game revenue ranking for May 2025. According to Appmagic data, it’s ] based on in-app purchase earnings.

These IAP estimates do not include ad revenue, web shop spend, Apple and Google’s 30% cut or revenue from China’s Android ecosystem.

Below is the list for the top 10

Tencent’s “Honor of Kings” has topped the list for two consecutive months. Although there was a decline in revenue in March, the revenue in May reached approximately 184 million US dollars.

Tencent’s “Honor of Kings” has topped the list for two consecutive months. Although there was a decline in revenue in March, the revenue in May reached approximately 184 million US dollars.

Immediately following it were “Whiteout Survival” by Diandian Interactive and “Last War: Survival” by FirstFun. “Last War: Survival” performed quite stably, with revenues reaching approximately 140 million US dollars in each of the past three months. The revenue of “Last War” in May was 133 million US dollars.

The revenue of “Pokemon TCG Pocket” exceeded the 80 million US dollar mark again in May. This game brought nearly 100 million US dollars in revenue to the Pokemon Company in February and March.It is currently ranked eighth.

The list of May’s top grossing mobile games ranked 11th to 20th globally in terms of revenue:

11. Gossip Harbor (Microfun): $42.4m
12. Brawl Stars (Supercell): $38.9m
13. Honkai: Star Rail (Mihoyo): $38.5m
14. Township (Playrix): $38.3m
15. Love and Deepspace (Paper Games): $38.3m
16. Gardenscapes (Playrix): $38m
17. Roblox (Roblox): $36.9m
18. Pokémon Go (Niantic): $35.5m
19. Fate/Grand Order (Aniplex): $32.1m
20. Toon Blast (Peak): $30.3m

According to the data, Dream Games’ “Royal Kingdom” has set a new record to date, generating $20 million in revenue in May, which is much higher than the approximately $13m posted in April.