2024 is coming to an end, and major game manufacturers have begun to summarize their annual reports. The revenue rankings in the mobile game market have been announced. The top two are Monopoly Go and Honor of Kings. The combined revenue of these two games alone has reached 5 billion US dollars. The mobile game market is still booming.
Monopoly Go has won the love of most players in the mobile game market. This is not only related to its fascinating game mechanism, but also to its continuous high-frequency operation. Almost every day there are new activities to give players Monopoly Go dice, cash and other game props, which makes players feel the unparalleled work enthusiasm of the developers.
Top Mobile Game Revenue
Monopoly Go $2.47 billion
Honor of Kings $2.35 billion
Royal Match $1.91 billion
Roblox $1.62 billion
Last War: Survival $1.46 billion
Candy Crush Saga $1.39 billion
Whiteout Survival $1.26 billion
Coin Master $1.12 billion
Dungeon Fighter $1.08 billion
Game for Peace $1.07 billion
Why Are These Games Successful?
First of all, game lovers know that as early as ten or twenty years ago, the technology and graphics of games have been improving. Every revolutionary technological innovation applied to games will bring great success to the game.
This shows that gamers have been pursuing better graphics and richer content for games. In the past, the entire game market was almost monopolized by consoles and PCs because they had very good game performance. Today, mobile phones can do many amazing things. It is time to move games to smartphones. Everyone who uses a smartphone is a potential user of the mobile game market. This is a very large market with great potential!
On the other hand, an important factor in the success of mobile games is that it is very easy to create a community of players. Players in this community can be friends or family. The main advantage of mobile games is that there is almost no barrier to entry. Players can communicate with each other and attract new players.
Finally, the most important point is that these games can bring happiness to players. No matter how these games on the list perform, they can attract so many players must have brought enough happiness to players. They are fun enough.
Game Type:
The top ten games on the list have different game types. This shows that there are many players for all types of games.
Strategy Games
For players who like challenges and thinking, they prefer games like Last War: Survival and Whiteout Survival.
Puzzle Games
For most mobile phone players, their game time is very fragmented. They can only spare a few minutes to play a game. Therefore, puzzle games with short playing time are favored by these players. For example, Candy Crush Saga and Royal Match.
Action Games
Games like Honor of Kings, Game for Peace, and Dungeon Fighter are exciting confrontations. Players need to react quickly and know how to cooperate. Young people like this kind of game very much.
Mobile Esports Is Gradually Maturing
Mobile games have learned from the experience of PC and have begun to set up various events. People who like football will watch football games, and players who like mobile games will also watch the corresponding events.
Mobile esports events have a lot of prize pools, which can attract a lot of players to pay attention to, which means that this market is gradually getting bigger.
Honor of Kings has done a good job in this regard. It holds events in Asia, trains players, and makes mobile esports events gradually become as formal as traditional sports competitions.
In addition, subscription services on the mobile game side have also got a lot of growth. Players can access a game library by monthly fee. The games in the game library have no in-app trading and ADs, and the quality of games is very pretty good. This has been recognized by players.
Geography And Popular Games
Monopoly Go is the first on the list, but it does not mean that it has achieved success worldwide. In fact, American players are keen to collect Monopoly Go Cards. Honor of Kings is favored by Asian players. Coin Master has won the top spot in Europe. Garena Free Fire has achieved great success in Latin America. PUBG Mobile has almost occupied the mobile game market in Middle East.
What Makes Monopoly Go Successful?
The above are all external conditions for the success of Monopoly Go. From the perspective of Monopoly Go itself, the reason why Monopoly Go can succeed is that it is derived from board games but develops new gameplay. Combining nostalgic elements with modern game mechanics, it attracts many gamers.
Another point is that Monopoly Go itself is a free game, and its main means of revenue are in-app trading. Its frequent updates and social functions make players never tired of it. Players are happy to meet new friends by showing and exchanging Monopoly Go Stickers.
Mobile Game Trends
In 2024, the revenue of the entire mobile game market will be about 20 billion US dollars, and the revenue of the top ten games will account for about 3/4 of the total revenue. Among them, Monopoly Go ranked first with a revenue of 2.47 billion US dollars.
Monopoly Go and Honor of Kings include in-app trading. The games on this mobile game annual revenue list are mainly operated in the mode of in-app trading. At the same times, subscription games such as Google Play Pass and Apple Arcade are experiencing growth.
In fact, not only can game companies earn revenue, but the popularity of these games can also drive the development of other businesses. For example, because Monopoly GO launches activities too quickly, many players simply don’t have time to complete the tasks on time, so websites such as EZG.com came into being. The professional guides in these websites can not only help many casual players complete the tasks better, but you can also get a better gaming experience through some of the services they provide.
Monopoly Go’s revenue in the past two years has been very good. As for whether Monopoly Go can still achieve this year’s success next year, it is difficult to predict. The mobile game market is changing very fast, and games are emerging in an endless stream. And the developers of Monopoly GO are also pursuing changes. This is their most successful game at present, but it is not the last one.
Scopely, the developer of Monopoly Go, recently acquired a Chinese game company. Maybe they will launch new games soon. Let’s wait and see.
