data.ai: Top Mobile Games by Revenue and Downloads in Q1 2023
Gardenscapes is showing solid performance with growth in downloads and revenue.
Revenue
The revenue decline after 2022 has stopped. It’s now on a plateau.
Three leaders by revenue compared to the previous quarter are the same - Honor of Kings, Candy Crush Saga, and Genshin Impact.
Two old-new games are in the top 10 by revenue - Gardenscapes (jumped from #17 to #9), and Uma Musume Pretty Derby (#26 to #10).
Gardenscapes increased its marketing spend in latter 2022. Royal Match did the same - the paid UA increased from December to January by 2 times.
Downloads
Subway Surfers, Garena Free Fire, and Candy Crush Saga are worldwide leaders in Q1 2023 by downloads.
Attack Hole from Homa appeared in top downloads for the first time, Gardenscapes reached #8 (+41 positions), Going Balls is #9 (from #28), and Football League 2023 reached #10 (from #55).
Street Fighter: Duel showed a successful launch, more than half of the downloads are from the US.
Block Blast Adventure Master is in the top-5 by downloads in Germany, Singapore, South Korea, and Australia. That’s the freshest game out of the puzzles, which reached the top.