Goddess of Victory: Nikke has earned over a billion dollars on mobile devices
In November 2022, the South Korean studio Shift Up released the gacha game Goddess of Victory: Nikke, which became a major hit. According to analysts from Sensor Tower, the title's revenue has surpassed one billion dollars on Google Play and the App Store alone as of today.
Goddess of Victory: Nikke
Goddess of Victory: Nikke is also available on PC, but the revenue from this version is unknown.
According to Sensor Tower, Japan is the primary market for the mobile version of Goddess of Victory: Nikke, where the game generated 54% of its revenue. South Korea followed with a 16.2% share, and the United States ranked third with 16%.
For the period from November 4, 2022, to January 31, 2025, Goddess of Victory: Nikke topped the revenue charts among mobile games classified by Sensor Tower as squad RPGs. It surpassed titles like Uma Musume Pretty Derby ($900 million), RAID: Shadow Legends ($600 million), Blue Archive (approximately $450 million), and Hero Wars: Alliance (approximately $450 million) in revenue during this time.
It is speculated that the creators of Goddess of Victory: Nikke manage to increase sales through events and advertising. For example, on January 1, 2025, Shift Up introduced a new character and launched an event to celebrate the return of an old one, which led daily spending by mobile users to spike by 313% to $4.7 million. This was the best result in the past two years. The mobile version of Goddess of Victory: Nikke only achieved such high daily revenue at its launch.
Sensor Tower did not disclose how many times Goddess of Victory: Nikke has been downloaded from Google Play and the App Store. However, according to AppMagic, the game has been downloaded 14.4 million times.