Based on the AppMagic database, App2Top editors have prepared a report on the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games in July.
The most downloaded games of July
There has been some progress in the top 10. There are new games in the top that have not been included in it before and have been released relatively recently.
Burger Please!
Publisher: Korean Supercent
Observation: after the release in February of this year, the game entered the top ten for downloads for the first time. The growth was not progressive. In May-June, the game had a decline in indicators.
About the game: another variation on the theme of My Mini Mart. The game is a hybrid—casual time manager with idle elements, in which the player develops a burger joint: buys equipment, cooks food, serves customers, recruits staff, and so on.
Indicators:
- total downloads for July — 13.9 million;
- downloads from Google Play in July — 11.7 million;
- downloads from the App Store — 1.1 million.
Burger Please!
Yulgang or Scions of Fate (热血江湖-怀旧版)
Publisher: Chinese Shuxin Network
Observation: The game was released in June. For Shuxin Network, this is the first project published in mobile. The company, by the way, does not position itself as a game publisher. She is a service provider specializing in cloud platforms.
About the game: a mobile port of the Korean MMORPG, whose release took place in 2004. Yulgang is dedicated to martial arts. Previously, she enjoyed great success in Japan and China. In the mid—noughties, its online reach reached 600 thousand, and the user base – up to 100 million players.
Indicators (provided exclusively by China, real installations may be more, since AppMagic does not take into account data from Chinese Android stores):
- total downloads for July — 7.9 million;
- downloads from Google Play in July — 7.8 million;
- downloads from the App Store — 0.07 million.
Yulgang
The highest-grossing games of July
One game at the end of July immediately entered the top 10 in downloads and the top 10 in cash.
Justice Mobile (逆水寒)
Publisher: Chinese NetEase
Observation: For NetEase, this is the second super-successful release over the summer (the first was Racing Master or 巅峰极速, which has generated more than $32 million so far). In total, the company released 13 games from June to August.
About the game: Justice Mobile is a technological Asian MMORPG in the setting of Wuxia (Chinese fantasy about martial arts and sword fights). One of the features of the game is its own AI engine, which generates an NPC reaction to the player’s actions.
Indicators (provided exclusively by China, in reality the revenue may be much higher, since AppMagic does not take into account data from Chinese Android stores):
- total box office for July — $63.3 million;
- cash from the App Store — $63.3 million.
Justice Mobile