- Destiny/Grand Order’s income greater than doubled month-over-month.
- Tencent’s portfolio grew in income and installs, up 9% and 33% respectively.
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Beneath you’ll be able to see the newest high video games and corporations by downloads and income for August 2026, in addition to the large tales and developments from the final month. Knowledge is supplied by AppMagic.
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Word that these estimates are based mostly on gross income from participant spending throughout the App Retailer and Google Play solely. It doesn’t function estimates from various marketplaces or direct-to-consumer platforms.
TOP GROSSING MOBILE GAMES
The large story: Destiny/Grand Order’s anniversary comeback
Aniplex’s long-running gacha Destiny/Grand Order has seen participant spending spike to its highest month-to-month sum of the 12 months. The sport made $57.7 million this August with an anniversary celebration in Japan, greater than doubling July’s $22.5m.
Actually, this was the anime-style RPG’s finest month since final August. The sport makes 89% of its earnings from Japan, which means the month is a serious one every year – greater than the North American anniversary in early July.
On a every day spending foundation, earnings reached their highest in additional than 5 years this August. Destiny/Grand Order generated $4.6m on the fifteenth, surpassing any every day document from the previous 5 anniversaries however not fairly matching the sport’s lifetime excessive of $5.6m on January 1st, 2021.
Of the $57.7m made final month, $54m was generated in Japan, equal to 94% of the worldwide complete. Occasions, quests and particular merchandise bartering had been out there to rejoice 11 years.
Different notable tales:
Valorant Cellular had its finest month but in China, with the nation spending sufficiently to push the sport to twentieth within the international rankings. Gamers spent $53.7m in-game, up 68% M/M and 375% Y/Y. It was additionally the sport’s first month above $50m in participant spending.
Tencent’s Golden Spatula is again on the rise in China with its finest month since February. With $37.1m in earnings, the sport grew by 125% month-over-month and shot up 39 positions within the month-to-month income rankings, touchdown in twenty sixth.
Pokémon Go fell out of the highest 10, liberating up a spot for Konami’s eFootball, although each video games truly declined. Each titles noticed resurgent success earlier in the summertime for various causes – Go celebrating its 10th anniversary and eFootball leveraging the World Cup season.
Each video games noticed spending stay greater than it had been in June, however they couldn’t maintain the momentum from July. Pokémon Go made $71.7m in August, down 49% M/M, sliding from fifth to 14th within the rankings.
In the meantime, eFootball made $83m in August, down 15% however sliding into the highest 10 finest performers of the month with a brand new slot opened up.
Additionally on this planet of Pokémon, TCG Pocket confirmed a stronger trajectory in August regardless of remaining behind its location-based huge brother. DeNA’s card recreation made $41.9m final month, up two months in a row from a document low in June. August’s rise marked a 49% improve over July, rising from thirty fifth to twenty third within the charts, with spending spikes across the launch of the Ruler of the Skies and Staff Rocket’s Ambition card units.
Brawl Stars had its worst month of the 12 months with its third consecutive month of decline. The sport picked up $24.5m in August, arising wanting its prior 2026 low of $30.8m in January.
NetEase’s Eggy Social gathering was additionally on the decline, down 23 locations within the charts and falling out of the highest 50, touchdown in 53rd place total. It made simply $19.6m final month, a 38% fall from $31.6m in July. After all, that doesn’t account for any earnings from various Android shops prevalent in China.
July was additionally the sport’s best month in more than two years, which means August’s decline was nonetheless removed from a low level for the get together title.
The highest grossing cellular video games for August 2026
Honor of Kings spent one other month on the high of the charts, raking in one other $218.1m in cellular participant spending between the key shops. Tencent’s technique large has been the very best grosser for eight months in a row now, holding first place since January.
Microfun’s Gossip Harbor noticed enchancment with a silver medal achieved, after reaching bronze in July. Month-to-month participant spending elevated by virtually 13% in August, totalling $160.5m.
PUBG Cellular and Royal Match additionally rose within the rankings, overtaking Roblox extra via their very own deserves than due to the favored platform’s decline. Whereas Roblox spending did fall, it was solely by 1% month-over-month, nonetheless making $143.7m. In the meantime, PUBG Cellular spending grew by 11% to $157m and Royal Match grew by 10% to $155.4m.
Scopely’s Monopoly Go, King’s Sweet Crush Saga and Century Video games’ Whiteout Survival and Kingshot all remained within the high 10 from July into August.
Collectively, cellular video games generated $6.8 billion in the course of the month. The determine was down 6% year-over-year however up 1% in comparison with July, which additionally noticed a rise over June.
MOST DOWNLOADED MOBILE GAMES
The large tales: Rolling out Gangstar Mirage Metropolis: On-line
After Stage Infinite launched Gangstar Mirage Metropolis: On-line within the Philippines this spring, its rollout expanded throughout a lot of the world on August twentieth. Now, it’s out there within the EEU, LATAM, MENA, SA and SEA.
Whereas not fairly international but – lacking out on markets just like the US and Japan – this growth nonetheless helped propel the title into the highest 10 most downloaded video games worldwide by the top of the month.
Actually, it’s landed instantly in seventh place with 12.2m installs in August, forward of many aged bastions and contemporary successes alike. Even with lower than half the month to work with, Gangstar Mirage Metropolis: On-line got here out forward of the likes of PUBG Cellular, Sweet Crush, eFootball and even Learnings’ current hit Meowdoku.
Initially launched beneath the identify Codename Crime: Vice Open World, the sport takes place in a metropolis filled with unhealthy behaviour. Gamers can combat on the streets, execute financial institution heists, drive something they’ll get their fingers on and tackle co-op operations with their crew.
Gangstar Mirage Metropolis: On-line’s availability has expanded within the buildup to Rockstar’s long-awaited GTA VI on consoles. It seems extra in style with Android house owners up to now, with 11.2m downloads on Google Play versus simply 1m installs on iOS in August.
Lining up with that success on Android, India accounted for the biggest share of installs in that point. The nation contributed 3.2m to the whole downloads quantity final month. Indonesia was the one different market to surpass six figures, with 1.2m downloads of the title.
The large tales: Thousands and thousands stress-free in Thriller Dumpling: Unbox ASMR
A hypercasual ASMR recreation from Brocker Bus Studio soared into the downloads charts this August with 9m downloads out of the gate. In seventeenth place, Thriller Dumpling: Unbox ASMR bought off to a noteworthy begin with dumplings to squeeze, wrappers to peel and collections to finish. Indonesia led downloads with a 13% share, adopted by Mexico at 9%
The sport’s first month was much more sizeable when contemplating it’s solely launched on Android. Trying solely at Google Play rankings, it got here in eighth place amongst all video games this August. After all, with out an App Retailer launch, it landed barely decrease total.
Different notable tales:
Türkiye’s Grand Video games noticed one other document month for Block Out in August with an ongoing downloads climb since March. After reaching 8.1m new customers in July, month-to-month installs grew by one other 28% to 10.4m in August, getting into eight-figure territory for the primary time. It’s helped push the title past 30m lifetime installs.
One other Türkiye-based title, Movement Video games’ Smash Fest, picked up one other 6m downloads in August. It was fairly the autumn from its document 10.2m installs in July, however nonetheless made August its second-best month but – noteworthy contemplating its disappearance from Google Play and imitators popping up on the shop. The title fell out the highest 50 total however nonetheless ended up one rating forward of Epic Video games’ Fortnite.
Fortnite itself picked up simply shy of 6m new downloads in August, rising 35 positions within the charts in comparison with July. The title relaunched globally in May with its most downloads since 2018, however momentum began to wane as quickly as June. It ended up in fifty fifth place in August, not precisely topping the charts however no less than placing an finish to its month-to-month decline.
Amongst August’s high 50 cellular video games by downloads, TSACom’s Mini Soccer: Soccer Cup 2026 noticed the best rise over July with motion from 128th to forty eighth place. The sports activities title achieved its every day downloads document on August 1st at 459,000, setting it up for a very good month with 6.2m new installs total. It marked a 62% rise over July.
Cypher Video games’ Royal Smash noticed the second-biggest improve up the charts, transferring from 82nd to forty first. This physics-based puzzlers discovered 6.6m new gamers in August, up 36% M/M with this third month on shops proving its finest up to now by far.
Most downloaded cellular video games for August 2026
Roblox remained on high this August, having acquired 21.8m new installs. It held first place regardless of a 5% decline in month-to-month downloads. In any case, second-place title Garena Free Hearth Max additionally noticed a 5% decline, right down to 21.7m installs.
In the meantime, Sybo’s Subway Surfers bought transferring final month, with a 22% downloads surge sliding it third place. The infinite runner picked up 15.3m new installs.
Hungry Studio’s Block Blast got here in fourth place with 15.1m downloads, sustaining its July rating, whereas Miniclip’s Arrow Puzzle fell into fifth with 13.1m. Exactly 10 cellular video games surpassed 10m downloads in the course of the month.
Throughout all cellular video games, installs totalled 4.2bn, down 7% each Y/Y and M/M.
TOP PERFORMING MOBILE GAMES PUBLISHERS
Prime grossing cellular publishers for August 2026
Nonetheless on high final month, Tencent generated one other $755.9m in gross participant spending at a 9% M/M improve. It marked the Chinese language large’s finest efficiency in half a 12 months, barely shy of February’s $811.6m.
In the meantime, Century Video games held onto second place with $320.3m in portfolio earnings this August, rising simply 3% M/M. Having two video games within the high 10 helped grant its sizeable lead over third-place Dream Video games, Türkiye’s most profitable writer with $210.9m made in participant spending final month.
Dream Video games moved up one place over July, as did Microfun, which had its finest month of the 12 months at $199.2m. They each overtook Playrix, which fell to fifth place with $190m in earnings, regardless of a decline of simply 3% M/M.
It’s value highlighting that Scopely ranked seventh and Scopely Discover sixteenth. Combining their revenues – the latter in control of Pokémon Go – the pair made $243.5m, which might land the general organisation in third place for August. This was additionally the case in July.
Total, 12 publishers remodeled $100m in the course of the month.
Prime cellular publishers by downloads for August 2026
Miniclip, Azur Video games and Voodoo all remained the highest three publishers for downloads in August, unmoving within the rankings all through 2026. Miniclip led with 93m new installs, down from 107.5m in July, whereas the opposite leaders noticed smaller falls.
Azur Video games’ new downloads declined from 74.7m to 72.6m between July and August, whereas Voodoo’s fell from 69.7m to 67.1m.
This was nonetheless a big lead over Outfit7’s 52.6m installs this August, transferring up into fourth place as Learnings fell from the highest 5. In August, it was China’s BabyBus that ranked fifth with 51.9m downloads, seeing a development fee of 1% M/M.
Tencent noticed stronger development in downloads, up 33% M/M to 40.2m, which helped propel the corporate from thirteenth place to eighth.
Total, the highest publishers for income noticed development however the very best by downloads shrank. It was a pattern mirrored within the video games themselves, with income again on the rise however installs nonetheless falling this August.