Sensor Tower has released the revenue and download rankings for Chinese mobile game products in overseas markets for August 2025. DotC United Games' "Kingshot" achieved another strong 26% revenue increase in August, powerfully claiming the top spot on the overseas mobile game revenue growth chart, while continuing to dominate the overseas mobile game revenue rankings alongside "Whiteout Survival" in first and second place respectively.
According to Sensor Tower data, by the end of August, "Whiteout Survival" had accumulated over $3.3 billion in global revenue, while "Kingshot" surpassed $300 million in cumulative revenue, fully demonstrating DotC United Games' powerful capability in continuously creating global blockbuster mobile games.
Lemon Microfun's merge game "Gossip Harbor: Merge & Story" grandly launched its third anniversary celebration in late July, with the 31-day limited-time event "Triennial Triumph" launched at the end of July receiving enthusiastic player response and driving the game's daily revenue to historical highs. Benefiting from the strong momentum of the anniversary celebration activities, the game's revenue increased 14% month-over-month this period, setting a new record and maintaining its stable third position in the overseas mobile game revenue rankings while jumping to second place on the growth chart.
Florere Game's post-apocalyptic 4X strategy mobile game "Last Z: Survival Shooter" continued its strong performance, with August revenue rising another 27%, entering the overseas mobile game revenue rankings TOP5 for the first time while claiming third place on the growth chart.
Following its first entry into the overseas mobile game revenue rankings in July, Thunder Network's new otherworld light adventure idle RPG "Legend of Staff and Sword" continued its soaring revenue in August, surging 74% month-over-month and jumping 10 positions to 18th place. This title combines auto-battle, map exploration, social interaction, and diverse profession development gameplay, continuously attracting player attention through its combination of casual relaxation and strategic depth.
DotC United Games' "travel around the world + food cooking" themed merge game "Tasty Travels: Merge Game" also maintained strong growth momentum, with revenue growing 30% month-over-month this period, ranking jumping from 29th in July to 23rd place, becoming another outstanding representative work in DotC United Games' innovative layout in the merge category.
At the end of July, the international version "HAIKYU!! FLY HIGH" of the popular anime "Haikyuu!!" themed mobile game officially launched, immediately topping the iOS mobile game download charts in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Thailand, and other markets. The international version highly restored the passionate essence of "Haikyuu!!" through immersive 3D graphics and original voice acting, while providing global fans with strong immersion and competitive freedom through rich strategic development mechanisms and multi-language support, driving monthly revenue to surge 12.6 times and returning to 6th place on the overseas mobile game revenue growth chart.
The mobile game "Hot-Blooded Jianghu: Return," adapted from the classic IP "Hot-Blooded Jianghu," officially launched in the Korean market in early August and immediately topped both the Korean App Store and Google Play mobile game download charts. The game completely inherits the classic PC game settings while integrating modern mobile games' light operation and strategic gameplay, creating a jianghu experience that combines "freedom, passion, and social interaction" for mobile players, becoming the highest downloaded mobile game and the RPG game with the largest revenue growth in the Korean market this month, with overseas revenue surging 11 times in August and returning to 7th place on the growth chart.
NetEase launched its first official "Destiny" IP sci-fi shooting mobile game "Destiny: Rising" on August 28. Since its launch, the game has rapidly ignited the global market, leveraging the influence of the "Destiny" IP, ultimate artistic performance, deep strategic gameplay, and immersive narrative experience to dominate first place on the US iOS mobile game download chart for consecutive days, becoming the most anticipated new blockbuster of 2025. Just four days after launch, it entered 10th place on the August growth chart, powerfully demonstrating NetEase's leading strength in high-quality original content and global distribution.
In early August, the open-world sandbox survival mobile game "Valiant Force" officially launched in the Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau markets, immediately topping the local App Store and Google Play mobile game download charts, becoming the highest downloaded game in that market this period and entering 12th place on the growth chart for the first time. "Valiant Force" integrates rich gameplay including survival, treasure hunting, multiplayer, PVE, and PVP, while optimizing for mobile platforms while retaining the core gameplay framework of the PC version, providing players with a smooth competitive experience.
Additionally, games entering the growth chart for the first time this period include coin plunder game "Top Tycoon: Coin Theme Empire," JRPG "Endless Grades: Pixel Saga," new MMORPG "AKIR: Call of the Aesir," and RPG games "Crescent Moon Companion" and "Samkok: New Force."
Hungry Studio's match-3 game "Block Blast!" maintained its position as champion of the monthly overseas mobile game download chart, with global cumulative downloads approaching 580 million. TENCENT's "PUBG MOBILE" retained second place on the overseas mobile game download chart. "Whiteout Survival" saw overseas downloads increase 11%, with rankings advancing 4 positions to 6th place on the revenue chart.