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This is a list of the most-played mobile games ordered by their player count, which include reported player data, registered accounts, and/or monthly active users. For non-mobile games, see the list of most-played video games by player count. Mobile games are defined as games that have only been released on mobile operating systems, particularly Android and iOS.[1]

List

Most-played mobile games by player count (with at least 40 million)
Game As of Player count[a] Release date Publisher(s) Ref.
Subway Surfers August 2020 3 billion May 24, 2012 SYBO Games [2]
PUBG Mobile December 2022 1.27 billion March 19, 2018 Tencent / Krafton [3][4][5]
Pokémon Go February 2019 1 billion December 13, 2016 Niantic / The Pokémon Company [6]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang November 2020 1 billion November 9, 2016 Moonton [7]
Garena Free Fire July 2021 1 billion November 24, 2017 Garena [8]
Candy Crush Saga June 2014 500 million April 12, 2012 King [9]
Clash of Clans September 2020 500 million August 2, 2012 Supercell [10]
Fruit Ninja August 2013 500 million April 21, 2010 Halfbrick Studios [11]
Call of Duty: Mobile May 2021 500 million October 1, 2019 Activision [12]
Among Us November 2020 485 million[b] June 15, 2018 InnerSloth [13]
Mini World April 2020 400 million December 26, 2015 Miniwan [14]
Sonic Dash February 2020 350 million March 7, 2013 Sega [15]
Helix Jump December 2018 334 million February 10, 2018 Voodoo [16]
Gardenscapes May 2020 324 million August 2016 Playrix [17]
Homescapes May 2020 312 million August 2017 Playrix [17]
Super Mario Run August 2018 300 million December 15, 2016 Nintendo [18]
Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle August 2019 300 million January 30, 2015 Bandai Namco Entertainment [19]
Township May 2020 274 million February 24, 2012 Playrix [17]
Knives Out September 2018 250 million November 2017 NetEase [20]
Angry Birds 2 December 2019 230 million July 30, 2015 Rovio Entertainment [21]
Honor of Kings / Arena of Valor December 2017 200 million peak monthly players November 26, 2015 Tencent Games [22]
QQ Speed Mobile / Speed Drifters January 2020 200 million December 29, 2017 TiMi Studios / Tencent Games / Garena [23]
Fishdom May 2020 173 million June 18, 2008 Playrix [17]
Rise Up December 2018 162 million 2018 Serkan Özyılmaz [24]
PES 2018 Mobile August 2018 150 million September 12, 2017 Konami [25]
War Robots January 2020 150 million April 14, 2014 Pixonic [26]
World of Tanks March 2016 140 million August 12, 2010 Wargaming [27]
Mario Kart Tour October 2019 123.9 million September 25, 2019 Nintendo [28]
Ice Age Village 2013 120 million April 5, 2012 Gameloft [29]
FIFA Mobile January 2018 113 million October 1, 2016 EA Sports [30]
Tiao Yi Tiao January 2018 100 million peak daily players December 2017 Tencent Games [31]
Drag Racing February 2013 100 million April 2011 Creative Mobile [32]
Junior Three Kingdoms January 2018 100 million March 2015 Youzu Interactive [33]
Ludo King December 2018 100 million December 17, 2016 Gametion Technologies Pvt Ltd [34]
One Piece Treasure Cruise February 2019 100 million May 12, 2014 Bandai Namco Entertainment [35]
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes November 2021 100 million November 24, 2015 Electronic Arts [36]
White Cat Project June 2016 100 million July 14, 2014 Colopl [37]
Hearthstone November 2018 100 million March 11, 2014 Blizzard Entertainment [38]
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links October 2019 100 million November 17, 2016 Konami [39]
Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen May 2019 100 million May 20, 2015 Tencent Games [40]
Sky: Children of the Light July 2021 100 million July 18, 2019 thatgamecompany [41]
Mr Love: Queen's Choice July 2019 90 million December 14, 2017 Elex [42]
Disney Tsum Tsum November 2018 80 million January 29, 2014 Line Corporation [43]
Puzzle & Dragons January 2019 80 million February 20, 2012 GungHo Online Entertainment [44]
The Simpsons: Tapped Out April 2020 80 million February 29, 2012 Electronic Arts [45]
Marvel: Avengers Alliance March 2015 70 million March 1, 2012 Disney Interactive [46]
Angry Birds Friends August 2013 60 million February 13, 2012 Rovio Entertainment [47]
Seven Knights February 2021 60 million February 5, 2016 Netmarble Japan [48]
Fate/Grand Order February 2021 57 million July 30, 2015 Aniplex / Type-Moon [49]
Bleach: Brave Souls February 2021 55 million July 23, 2015 KLab [50]
Gods of Boom October 2018 55 million May 18, 2017 Game Insight [51]
The Battle Cats July 2020 53 million September 17, 2014 PONOS [52]
Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire January 2019 51 million June 29, 2017 MZ [53]
Clash Royale September 2018 50 million peak daily players March 2, 2016 Supercell [54]
Flappy Bird February 2014 50 million May 24, 2013 dotGears [55]
LINE Rangers March 2018 50 million February 28, 2014 Line Corporation [56]
LINE Pop December 2018 47 million November 19, 2012 Line Corporation [57]
Monster Strike May 2018 45 million August 8, 2013 Mixi [58]
Love Live! School Idol Festival September 2018 45 million April 15, 2013 Bushiroad [59]
AFK Arena June 2020 45 million April 2019 Lilith Games [60]
New State Mobile December 2021 45 million November 11, 2021 Krafton [61]
LINE Pokopang June 2016 43 million May 28, 2013 Line Corporation [62]
Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū January 2020 43 million December 18, 2014 Konami [39]
Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz November 2017 40 million March 5, 2013 Colopl [63]
PES Club Manager July 2020 40 million June 5, 2015 Konami [64]
Arknights April 2020 40 million January 16, 2020 Hypergryph / Yostar [65]
Pokémon Duel March 2019 40 million April 12, 2016 The Pokémon Company [66]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Does not include figures solely from app download counts.
  2. ^ Mobile version accounts for 97% of roughly 500 million total players.

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