List of most-played mobile games by player count

This is a list of the most-played mobile games ordered by their player count, which include reported player data, registered accounts, and/or monthly active users. For non-mobile games, see the list of most-played video games by player count. Mobile games are defined as games that have only been released on mobile operating systems, particularly Android and iOS.

List

Most-played mobile games by player count (with at least 50 million)

Game	As of	Player count[lower-alpha 1]	Release date	Publisher(s)	Ref.
Candy Crush Saga	March 24, 2023	500 million	April 12, 2012	King	[1]
Call of Duty: Mobile	May 2021	500 million downloads[lower-alpha 2]	October 1, 2019	Activision	[2]
Among Us	November 2020	485 million[lower-alpha 3]	June 15, 2018	InnerSloth	[3]
Mini World	April 2020	400 million	December 26, 2015	Minovate	[4]
Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle	August 2021	350 million	January 30, 2015	Bandai Namco Entertainment	[5]
Sonic Dash	February 2020	350 million	March 7, 2013	Sega	[6]
Helix Jump	December 2018	334 million	February 10, 2018	Voodoo	[7]
Gardenscapes: New Acres	May 2020	324 million	August 2016	Playrix	[8]
Homescapes	May 2020	312 million	August 2017	Playrix	[8]
PUBG Mobile	August 2023	300 million monthly players	March 2018	Tencent games	[9]
Super Mario Run	August 2018	300 million	December 15, 2016	Nintendo	[10]
Township	May 2020	274 million	February 24, 2012	Playrix	[8]
Knives Out	September 2018	250 million	November 2017	NetEase	[11]
Angry Birds 2	December 2019	230 million	July 30, 2015	Rovio Entertainment	[12]
Honor of Kings / Arena of Valor	December 2017	200 million peak monthly players	November 26, 2015	Tencent Games	[13]
QQ Speed Mobile / Speed Drifters	January 2020	200 million	December 29, 2017	TiMi Studios / Tencent Games / Garena	[14]
Fishdom	May 2020	173 million	June 18, 2008	Playrix	[8]
Rise Up	December 2018	162 million	2018	Serkan Özyılmaz	[15]
PES 2018 Mobile	August 2018	150 million	September 12, 2017	Konami	[16]
War Robots	January 2020	150 million	April 14, 2014	Pixonic	[17]
World of Tanks	March 2016	140 million	August 12, 2010	Wargaming	[18]
Mario Kart Tour	October 2019	123.9 million	September 25, 2019	Nintendo	[19]
Ice Age Village	2013	120 million	April 5, 2012	Gameloft	[20]
FIFA Mobile (now EA FC)	January 2018	113 million	October 1, 2016	EA Sports	[21]
Subway Surfers	July 2019	100 million monthly players	May 24, 2012	SYBO Games	[22]
Tiao Yi Tiao	January 2018	100 million peak daily players	December 2017	Tencent Games	[23]
Drag Racing	February 2013	100 million	April 2011	Creative Mobile	[24]
Junior Three Kingdoms	January 2018	100 million	March 2015	Youzu Interactive	[25]
Ludo King	December 2018	100 million	December 17, 2016	Gametion Technologies Pvt Ltd	[26]
One Piece Treasure Cruise	February 2019	100 million	May 12, 2014	Bandai Namco Entertainment	[27]
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes	November 2021	100 million	November 24, 2015	Electronic Arts	[28]
White Cat Project	June 2016	100 million	July 14, 2014	Colopl	[29]
Hearthstone	November 2018	100 million	March 11, 2014	Blizzard Entertainment	[30]
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links	October 2019	100 million	November 17, 2016	Konami	[31]
Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen	May 2019	100 million	May 20, 2015	Tencent Games	[32]
Sky: Children of the Light	July 2021	100 million	July 18, 2019	thatgamecompany	[33]
Mr Love: Queen's Choice	July 2019	90 million	December 14, 2017	Elex	[34]
The Battle Cats	August 2023	84 million	September 17, 2014	PONOS	[35]
Disney Tsum Tsum	November 2018	80 million	January 29, 2014	Line Corporation	[36]
Puzzle & Dragons	January 2019	80 million	February 20, 2012	GungHo Online Entertainment	[37]
The Simpsons: Tapped Out	April 2020	80 million	February 29, 2012	Electronic Arts	[38]
Marvel: Avengers Alliance	March 2015	70 million	March 1, 2012	Disney Interactive	[39]
Genshin Impact	February 2023	65 million	September 28, 2020	HoYoverse
Angry Birds Friends	August 2013	60 million	February 13, 2012	Rovio Entertainment	[40]
Seven Knights	February 2021	60 million	February 5, 2016	Netmarble Japan	[41]
Fate/Grand Order	February 2021	57 million	July 30, 2015	Aniplex / Type-Moon	[42]
Bleach: Brave Souls	February 2021	55 million	July 23, 2015	KLab	[43]
Gods of Boom	October 2018	55 million	May 18, 2017	Game Insight	[44]
Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire	January 2019	51 million	June 29, 2017	MZ	[45]
Clash Royale	September 2018	50 million daily players	March 2, 2016	Supercell	[46]
Flappy Bird	February 2014	50 million	May 24, 2013	dotGears	[47]
LINE Rangers	March 2018	50 million	February 28, 2014	Line Corporation	[48]

See also

• List of best-selling video games
• List of best-selling video game franchises

Notes

1. Not including figures solely from app download counts
2. We should not use download counts. Another reference is needed.
3. Mobile version accounts for 97% of roughly 500 million total players.

References

1. "Why Candy Crush Saga likes to play on your sweet tooth". the Guardian. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
2. "Call of Duty®: Mobile Surpasses 500 Million Downloads". www.callofduty.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
3. "November 2020 worldwide digital games market". SuperData Research. Nielsen Company. 18 December 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
4. Author, Guest (April 8, 2020). "China's largest sandbox game sees sales spike with Hasbro brand". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
5. "世界170以上の国と地域で配信中のスマートフォン向けゲームアプリケーション「ドラゴンボールZ ドッカンバトル」世界累計ダウンロード数3億5,000万突破". August 28, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
6. Forde, Matthew (February 14, 2020). "Nearly seven years on, Sonic Dash is showing no signs of slowing down". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
7. Blacker, Adam (18 December 2018). "Worldwide 2018 Download Leaders". Apptopia. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
8. Chapple, Craig. "Gardenscapes and Homescapes Power Playrix Past 1 Billion Downloads". Sensor Tower Blog. Archived from the original on June 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
9. "PUBG player count in August 2023: Daily & monthly players". www.ggrecon.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
10. "【CEDEC 2018】任天堂 宮本茂氏、「スマホゲーム」と「ゲームの自由度」を語る この10年を宮本氏はどう見つめたか？". GAME Watch (in Japanese). Impress Watch. August 22, 2018. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
11. "NetEase Games' Knives Out battlefield is spreading to PlayStation 4". Gamasutra. September 11, 2018. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
12. "How Angry Birds broke the limits for mobile games". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on May 20, 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
13. "Tencent is bringing China's biggest game to the rest of the world". The Verge. December 18, 2017. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
14. Forde, Matthew (January 16, 2020). "Tencent's TiMi Studios discuss Call of Duty: Mobile, Pokémon partnership, and 2020 trends". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
15. Batchelor, James (December 17, 2018). "GamesIndustry.biz presents... The Year In Numbers 2018". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
16. "Pro Evolution Soccer". Twitter. Konami. August 27, 2018. Archived from the original on February 10, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
17. "War Robots hit 150 million installs!". Pixonic. January 22, 2020. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
18. "With 140 million players fueling World of Tanks, where does it trundle next?". PCGamesN. March 26, 2016. Archived from the original on October 28, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
19. Williams, Katie (28 October 2019). "Mario Kart Tour Has a Rocket Start With 123.9 Million Downloads in Its First Month". Sensor Tower. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
20. "20th Century Fox Consumer Products" (PDF). licensingrussia.ru. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
21. "EA results remind the industry that sports, not just Battlefield, pushes profits". VentureBeat. October 31, 2017. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
22. Forde, Matthew; Editor, Deputy (4 July 2019). "Seven years on: How SYBO Games ran up 2.5 billion downloads for Subway Surfers". pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved 6 March 2023. {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
23. "This addictive mobile game hooked 100 million users in just two weeks". South China Morning Post. January 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
24. "Drag Racing dev: We expected players to abandon us for CSR Racing...but they didn't". Pocket Gamer. February 28, 2013. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
25. ""Junior Three Kingdoms" Initiates Third-Anniversary Junior Project: Make Your Own Classic". Youzu Interactive. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
26. Shankar, Shashwati (2018-03-08). "Vikash Jaiswal: The man who developed a tired, old British board game for mobile phones". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
27. Luster, Joseph (9 February 2019). "One Piece Treasure Cruise Game Celebrates Four Years with Bonuses". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
28. "Electronic Arts Reports Q2 FY22 Financial Results" (PDF). Electronic Arts. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
29. "【白猫攻略】一億$$$のルーンを効率よく集めよう! 14-2"サークルコース"をSSクリアーする方法【100億トライドル】". Famitsu App (in Japanese). July 3, 2016. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
30. "Blizzard celebrates 100 million Hearthstone players with free card packs for everyone". PC Gamer. November 5, 2018. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
31. "Digital Entertainment Business". Konami Holdings Corporation. February 2020. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
32. "☆★5月13日（月）、『ミラクルニキ～ニキのおきがえダイアリー～③』発売！！★☆". Nakayosi. May 13, 2019. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
33. "Sky Surpasses 100 Million Downloads Worldwide and Celebrates the 75th Anniversary of Le Petit Prince!". www.thatskygame.com. July 9, 2020. Archived from the original on September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
34. "4人の"カレ"と物語を紡ぐ恋愛SLG「恋とプロデューサー～EVOL×LOVE～」の配信がスタート。記念プロモーションムービーも公開中". 4Gamer.net. July 3, 2019. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
35. "ポノス、『にゃんこ大戦争』がシリーズ累計8400万DLを突破！ 期間限定記念イベントを本日11時より開始". Social Game Info (in Japanese). August 4, 2023. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
36. "『ツムツム』が世界累計8000万ダウンロード突破！"今日のミッション"報酬が10倍になるイベント実施". Famitsu App. November 28, 2018. Archived from the original on February 10, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
37. "「クロノマギア」，「パズドラ」全世界8000万DL達成記念イベントを開催". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). January 29, 2019. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
38. "Waleed Kamel (Disney Marketing Manager, EA Senior Product Manager)". LinkedIn. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
39. "Marvel: Avengers Alliance counts 70 million players since launch on its 3-year anniversary". VentureBeat. March 27, 2015. Archived from the original on October 28, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
40. Nichols, Scott (April 3, 2013). "'Angry Birds Friends' brings the Facebook game to iOS, Android". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
41. "5周年を迎えたゲーム「セブンナイツ」TVアニメ化 山下大輝＆山村響出演で未来の物語を描く". eiga.com (in Japanese). February 4, 2021. Archived from the original on February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
42. "『劇場版 FGO』後編の公開日は5/8！ 第2弾特報映像も公開" (in Japanese). Dengeki Online. February 6, 2021. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
43. "「BLEACH Brave Souls」が全世界で5500万DL達成。春節キャンペーンも開催". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). February 10, 2021. Archived from the original on February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
44. Sherman, Nikita (October 17, 2018). "How We Shape Esports in Guns of Boom". YouTube. Archived from the original on August 31, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
45. "Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire Made $375 Million in 2018". Sensor Tower. January 11, 2019. Archived from the original on May 11, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
46. Pei, Annie (September 2, 2018). "How 'Clash Royale' could play a big role in boosting mobile esports' already explosive growth". CNBC. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
47. "No, Flappy Bird developer didn't give up on $50,000 a day". CNET. February 11, 2014. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
48. "「LINE レンジャー」，累計5000万DLを記念したプロモーションムービー"RHYME レンジャー"を公開". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). March 15, 2018. Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2019.