Games & Numbers (March 5 - March 25, 2025) - sponsored by Neon

A bi-weekly report of milestones that PC/Console/Mobile games reached.

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PC/Console Games

• RuneScape has reached a revenue milestone of $2 billion. Over 300 million players worldwide have played the game. The first version of the project was released in 2001 as a browser game.

• The Ori series has been purchased over 15 million times.

• Monster Hunter Wilds was purchased 8 million times within three days of its release, setting a record for the series.

• The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series (re-releases of classic Final Fantasy games from the first to the sixth) has been purchased over 5 million times.

• Split Fiction sales exceeded 2 million copies in a week. The game is very popular in China (at least on Steam). It reached its first million copies in two days.

• The indie horror game R.E.P.O., according to VG Insights, was purchased 2.7 million times on Steam within a month of its release. Developers earned $20.3 million. The game is currently in early access.

• The audience for Cities: Skylines exceeds 45 million people. This amount has played the game since its release on March 10, 2015.

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• Over 3 million people have played The Outlast Trials since its release.

• Over 2 million people have played Assassin's Creed Shadows. This includes not just sales, as the game is distributed for free as part of the Ubisoft+ Premium subscription.

• The audience for Predecessor has surpassed 2 million people.

Mobile Games

• According to Niko Partners, Dungeon & Fighter Mobile has nearly reached $2.5 billion in revenue since its release in China in May 2024.

• Uma Musume: Pretty Derby has earned over $2.5 billion on mobile devices in Japan alone within four years of its release.

• Honkai: Star Rail, according to AppMagic, has surpassed $2 billion in revenue on mobile devices. It took less than two years to achieve this.

• Goddess of Victory: Nikke has earned over $1 billion in 2.5 years of operation.

• Wuthering Waves has exceeded $250 million in gross revenue over nine months, according to AppMagic.

• Blood Strike from NetEase earned $22.9 million in its first year. The game has been downloaded over 60 million times. 30% of the project's revenue comes from the U.S., and it also performs well in emerging markets.

• Ludus: Merge Arena from Top App Games has surpassed 5 million players and $3 million in monthly revenue.

• In its first week after release, Mo.co earned $570,000 in gross revenue. The game was downloaded 2.5 million times. Data is from Sensor Tower.

• Games from Supersonic have been downloaded 6.2 billion times over five years. The studio shared this figure.

• Downloads of all Netflix games have reached 300 million installs. GTA: San Andreas has the most with nearly 40 million.

• Pokémon GO, nine years after its release, has over 20 million weekly active users. About half of the players log in every day. This data was shared in the context of a deal with Scopely.