Analysts from Sensor Tower told which games were downloaded the most in the second quarter (ended June 30). In Europe and the USA, hyper-casual titles are leading — only some games managed to overtake them in terms of downloads. But in Asian stores, the situation is slightly different from global trends.Hair Challenge
World data
Bridge Race has become the most downloaded mobile game in the world.
- During the second quarter, the Supersonic Studios project was downloaded almost 90 million times.Two Zynga titles were included in the global top 5 most downloaded games at once: Hair Challenge and High Heels.
- Garena Free Fire is in the top five most downloaded games for the fifth consecutive quarter.
- During this period, only Among Us got close to a similar result — it was in the top 5 three quarters out of five, and now it has dropped to 17th place.The most downloaded mobile games in the world for the second quarter
If we consider the App Store separately, then the most downloaded game in the world was Hair Challenge.
- The top 10 also includes such hyper-casual games as Bridge Race, Count Masters, Paper Fold and Slice It All.PUBG Mobile continues to confidently stay on the list of the most downloaded games in the App Store.
- In the second quarter, battle Royale took the fifth place. At the same time, 39% of downloads were in China — where the game is known as Game for Peace.The most downloaded mobile games in the App Store for the second quarter
As for Google Play, the first line for the second quarter in a row is occupied by a game from Supersonic Studios.
- This time it turned out to be Bridge Race. In the first quarter, Join Clash 3D became the leader in downloads (now it occupies only the 16th place).Hyper Casual games accounted for more than half of the most downloaded titles on Android.
- The subgenre of obstacle avoidance games (Hair Challenge, Count Masters and High Heels) has become especially popular.The most downloaded mobile games on Google Play for the second quarter
Data for individual regions
14 of the 20 most downloaded games in the USA are hyper-casual projects.
- Four representatives of this genre got into the top 5 at once, and the only exception was Roblox.The dominance of hyper-casual games is also indicated by the presence of three projects from Voodoo in the top 20 of the most downloaded titles in the USA.
- Among them are Slice It All, Bounce and Collect and Fat 2 Fit.In the top 10 of the most downloaded games in the American Google Play, nine “hypercausals” were immediately included.
- But the most downloaded game in the American App Store was Project Makeover — it has not been out of the top 5 for three quarters in a row.The most downloaded mobile games in the USA for the second quarter
In Europe, hyper—casual projects are also particularly popular – Hair Challenge has become the most downloaded game in the region.
- The top three were Bridge Race and Count Masters.Count Masters has become the most downloaded title in the European App Store.
- The UK and France accounted for 13% of all downloads, and Russia – 10%. As for Google Play, the most downloaded game was Bridge Race. Also, publishers SayGames and Crazy Labs had three projects in the top 20 at once.The most downloaded mobile games in Europe for the second quarter
In Asia, in the ranking of the most downloaded games, there were fewer “hyper-casuals”.
- Ludo King became the leader, 80% of all downloads of which were in India. The top 10 also included Garena Free Fire, Candy Crush Saga, Bubble Shooter and Subway Surfers.Released in April, Piece: Blood Routes by ByteDance took the fourth place in the Asian App Store, generating 3.2 million downloads.
- Honor of Kings has traditionally become the leader. But the most downloaded game in the Asian Google Play was Ludo King — 40 million downloads.The most downloaded mobile games in Asia for the second quarter
