The Japanese mobile games market has grown to $13.3 billion

The turnover of the mobile games market in Japan in 2018 rose to $13.3 billion. But its growth rate is decreasing.

Japanese market turnover

• In 2017, mobile titles (which include application games, browser games and games for smartphones) in Japan earned $12.9 billion. Thus, in 2018, the market turnover increased by $ 400 million.
• However, from 2016 to 2017, the market grew much more significantly — by $ 1.6 billion. Even earlier, it grew by $2 billion a year.

The table from MCF demonstrates the decline in growth rates more clearly:

Top 10 Most Earning Games in Japan

The list of leaders in profitability in 2018 included nine Japanese games and one foreign (Knives Out).

1. Monster Strike (Mixi) — $842 million
2. Fate/Grand Order (Aniplex) — $800 million
3. Puzzle & Dragons (GungHo Online) — $440 million
4. Knives Out (Netease) — $365 million
5. Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle (Bandai Namco) — $307 million
6. Disney Tsum Tsum (LINE) — $244 million
7. Granblue Fantasy (Cygames) — $238 million
8. Pokemon GO (Niantic) — $226 million
9. Powerful Pro Baseball (Konami) — $198 million
10. Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage (Bandai Namco) — $182 million

Note that the above ten games are responsible for 40% of the turnover of the Japanese mobile titles market.

The data is provided by the Japanese consulting firm Kantan Games.