January 2025 saw Block Blast dominating the mobile game downloads chart with 32.5 million installations, while Honor of Kings led revenue generation with an impressive $193.19 million in earnings.
This data comes from Appmagic, which excludes advertising revenue, platform fees from Apple and Google’s 30% cut, and revenue from China’s fragmented Android ecosystem.
Top Grossing Mobile Games in January 2025
After an unexpected decline in December 2024, Honor of Kings has made a strong comeback, reclaiming its position as the highest-earning mobile game. Tencent’s popular MOBA generated approximately $193 million in IAP revenue last month, marking one of its best-performing months. This is a significant rise from the $101 million it earned in December 2024, which was a steep drop from the $150 million average it maintained in previous months.
LastWar: Survival by FUNFLY PTE. LTD. secured the second position with $148.36 million in revenue, maintaining its strong performance from previous months.
Dream Games’ Royal Match followed closely in third place, setting a new record with $144.86 million in earnings, surpassing its previous best of $133 million from August 2024.
Another big mover in January was PUBG Mobile, which recovered from a weaker December to generate $135.1 million in revenue. This marks its best month since January 2023, though still below its peak earnings of nearly $200 million per month during its most successful years in 2020 and 2021.
Established IPs also hold a significant position in the revenue rankings. Roblox secured the sixth position with $119.16 million, followed by MONOPOLY GO! from Scopely, Inc. at $110.85 million. Candy Crush Saga by King continued its consistent performance with $102.21 million in earnings.
CrossFire: Legends, a Tencent title exclusive to China, saw an unexpected surge, earning $57.9 million, its highest monthly revenue since launching in 2015. This increase aligns with previous revenue spikes observed during Chinese New Year celebrations.
Call of Duty: Mobile re-entered the top 20 with its fourth straight month of revenue growth, surpassing the $30 million mark for the first time since August 2024.
Brawl Stars continued its downward trend, dropping $12 million from December, returning to revenue levels seen in early 2024.
Below Top 15 Grossing Games:
Top Downloaded Mobile Games in January 2025
Block Blast! by Hungry Studio maintained its leadership in downloads with 32.51 million installations.
Roblox Corporation’s flagship game secured second place with 23.27 million downloads, benefiting from post-holiday device activations and school break timing.
Cat Chaos: Prankster by Mirai Studio PTE. LTD. emerged as a surprise hit, capturing third place with 18.73 million downloads.
Subway Surfers by SYBO Games maintained strong performance with 15.14 million downloads, while Garena’s Free Fire x NARUTO SHIPPUDEN and Free Fire MAX collectively accumulated over 27 million downloads.
Netflix’s gaming venture Squid Game: Unleashed secured 10.87 million downloads, though daily installation rates showed a decline toward month’s end.
Below Top 15 Downloaded Games:
Source: Mobilegamer.Biz, Appmagic
