On December 25, data.ai released the global breakthrough game rankings for November 2023. The mobile licensed game of the popular anime series "BlackCover" is now online, allowing fans who have been waiting for it to finally experience this product on the mobile terminal. The adapted mobile game BlackCloverM jumped to No. 1 in both downloads and download breakthrough lists.
It is worth mentioning that within a 4-week window, the game beat all other games in just 3 days and was downloaded more than 21 million times! Western markets drove the main growth in downloads, including Brazil, the United States, Mexico, France and Spain, among others. This is another successful case for publisher Garena to open up the Western market.
SoulKnight Prequel uses classic pixel style and Roguelike dungeon gameplay to present players with a game world full of classic nostalgia. As another role-playing game released by an Asia-Pacific publisher, SoulKnightPrequel ranks 4th on the download breakthrough list. The game was popular in the Americas and Asia (Brazil, China, Mexico, the United States, and South Korea), but it was the Asian markets that drove initial user spending growth (China, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, and the United States).
In addition, Chinese publisher Tencent released the mobile game RhythmMaster (Rhythm Master) Return of the King, returning to the top. Since its relaunch, the game has received 4.2 million downloads.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, a role-playing game developed based on the IP of the popular anime "Jujutsu Kaisen", topped the list of global user spending breakthroughs. The game is published by Japan-based Sumzap (part of the CyberAgent group of companies), with a primary focus on the local market. At present, Japanese players have downloaded it more than 4 million times, and user expenditures have exceeded US$59 million. The average user expenditure per download is as high as nearly US$15.
In 2023, many popular console game IPs developed their own mobile versions. The same goes for WarcraftRumble. Since Blizzard Entertainment first launched in 1994, the game has established a large and major player base on the PC. This mobile game will be launched for the first time in August 2023. The gameplay is classified into the strategy/summon battle category (in the game, troops are summoned through cards or magic, etc., and then the automatic battle mode is turned on). In November 2023, the game ranked third in the global user spending growth game list, rising 364 places from the previous period. Since its launch, it has been downloaded nearly 7 million times worldwide, mainly from the United States, Brazil, Germany, France and Taiwan. In terms of user spending, revenue is close to US$27 million. Among them, the in-app purchase promotional package (ArclightBooster) priced at US$19.99 in the US market contributed 46% of the total revenue in this market.
Since its launch in 2014, Marvel Contest of Champions, which has been deeply loved by players, jumped 93 places and ranked sixth in the user expenditure growth list. Over the past nine years, this fighting game has been downloaded 214 million times and user spending has reached $2.1 billion. Spending climbed again in the last week of November with the "Baron Zemo Black Market" promotion. The United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and France are among its popular markets.
ROBLOX has been downloaded 977 million times so far, approaching the 1 billion milestone. During November, it ranked fourth on the game download list with over 13.8 million global downloads. SpiderFighting: RopeGame is another standout game on the list, ranking 7th. Launched two months ago as an action/open world game, it has been downloaded 19 million times globally and is gaining momentum in emerging markets such as India, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey.
RoyalMatch and MonopolyGO continue to rank first and second in the global user spending list. In this issue, GenshinImpact user spending increased significantly. On November 7, 2023, version 4.2 of the game "Sinner's Dance" was released. At the same time, new areas were introduced: Mortai District, Ilyelin District and new characters: Funina and Charlotte, which successfully ignited the consumption enthusiasm of obsessed players. GenshinImpact’s cumulative user spending is heading towards the US$5 billion milestone.