Honkai: Star Rail surpassed Genshin Impact in mobile revenue for the debut day
miHoYo has a new hit. According to the AppMagic service, a turn—based RPG in the Honkai: Star Rail space setting has earned over $6 million in a day since its release – this is only on mobile devices.
For comparison: the mobile version of Genshin Impact earned $4.98 million in its debut day. Now it is one of the highest-grossing mobile games in the world. According to Sensor Tower analysts, by December 2022, Genshin Impact’s revenue on iOS and Android exceeded $4 billion (the game was released on September 28, 2020).
Honkai: Star Rail was released on April 26 on mobile devices and PC. A PlayStation version will appear later.