AppMagic: the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of September 2023
Based on the data of the AppMagic analytical service, the App2Top editorial board has prepared material on the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of the past month.
The most downloaded games of September
The free games chart is still lively. For the second month in a row, there is an active rotation in it.
Build A Queen
Publisher: Polystation is announced on Google Play, and Jesse Bartoo, based in Trinidad and Tobago, is on the App Store
Observation: there is no information about both publishers, but on iOS the game is also listed in the Supersonic Studios portfolio. The build was recorded in the store last fall, but any downloads only started on August 18, 2023.
About the game: a hyper-casual runner in which the player's task is to dress a running girl in accordance with the task. For example, the goal is to dress up as an angel. Accordingly, the player must collect white items on the track, as well as wings and a halo.
Indicators:
- total downloads for September — 16.5 million;
- downloads from Google Play in September — 15.9 million;
- downloads from the App Store in September — 0.6 million.
Build A Queen
Nextbots In Backrooms: Sandbox
Publisher: HOOKAH GAMES
Observation: there is a high probability that the project will also get into the top 10 most downloaded games in October. Its weekly download level remains at 3 million so far. Although the game no longer has peak values at the end of September (then downloads were getting close to the 1 million mark per day).
About the game: a project hastily assembled from assets and meme images. The gameplay of the game is divided into two phases. In the first game, he exposes opponents' sprites in the arena. In the second, he shoots them from weapons scattered on the map.
Indicators:
- total downloads for September — 12.8 million;
- downloads from Google Play in September — 12.8 million.
Nextbots In Backrooms: Sandbox
Real Car Driving — Racing City
Publisher: on Google Play — Botanica Global, and on the App Store — Abc Vietnam telecommunication services
Observation: the game, released in June of this year, began to collect installations only in early August. After the first peak in the middle of the month, its downloads fell, but by the end of September they reached a new, much higher peak of 5 million downloads per week.
About the game: An arcade car simulator in which the player drives around an open sandbox city and takes part in various competitions and challenges. For winning them, he gets money, which he spends on improving the car.
Indicators:
- total downloads for September — 13.7 million;
- downloads from Google Play in September — 13.2 million;
- downloads from the App Store in September — 0.5 million.
Real Car Driving — Racing City
高能英雄 (High energy hero)
Publisher: Chinese Tencent
Observation: the game was released exclusively in China. It is difficult to call it successful yet. The project has a direct correlation between downloads and revenue (their dynamics are synchronous). During the month of operation with 3.5 million installations, the game brought in $1.6 million in revenue.
About the game: A team battle royale in the spirit of Apex Legends, made in a futuristic Asian setting.
Indicators:
- total downloads for September — 2.7 million;
- downloads from the App Store in September — 2.7 million.
高能英雄 (High energy hero)
Happy Match Cafe: ASMR
Publisher: Kings Fortune Games
Observation: for the game released in early 2023, the download level went up only after the game began to earn more from installations. Moreover, after an aggressive marketing campaign, the game's revenue was able to reach a plateau of $600-700 thousand per week.
About the game: merge is a project in which the user, in order to remove objects from the field, needs to transfer them to separate cells. The game differs from its competitors in promotion — it is positioned as a project about squeezing pimples.
Indicators:
- total downloads for September — 6.7 million;
- downloads from Google Play in September — 4.2 million;
- downloads from the App Store in September — 2.5 million.
Happy Match Cafe: ASMR
Monster Hunter Now
Publisher: American Niantic
Observation: a new game by the authors of Pokémon Go has been launched very successfully. On 5.3 million installations, the game was able to collect $ 19 million in its first month. Judging by the first results of October, the game manages to maintain a high level of revenue even with a reduction in the number of installations.
About the game: a variation on the Pokémon Go theme in the Monster Hunter setting. The player travels through the real world, which is displayed in the game as a fantasy universe full of monsters. The player's task is to find and fight these monsters.
Indicators:
- total downloads for September — 5.3 million;
- downloads from Google Play in September — 3 million;
- downloads from the App Store in September — 2.3 million.
Monster Hunter Now
The highest-grossing games of September
There have been no significant changes here. Of the things worth noting, it should only be noted the strengthening of Genshin Impact's position, associated with both events dedicated to the three-year anniversary of the game, and with the release of a large-scale content update "To the Shining of the Stars in the Depths". For the first time since April, the game has released non-weekly revenue in the region of $ 40 million.
