Tencent’s multiplayer online battle arena game,Scarlett Fay Archives Honor of Kings, emerged as the highest-grossing mobile game of 2023, raking in approximately $1.48 billion, as reported by market intelligence firm AppMagic. This revenue surpassed the second-ranked battle royale game, PUBG Mobile, by over $300 million. Candy Crush Saga, Genshin Impact, and Roblox claimed the third to fifth positions in 2023, with global revenues of $957 million, $944 million, and $869 million, respectively. Among newly released mobile games from Chinese developers in 2023, HoYoverse’s Honkai: Star Rail secured the eighth spot with earnings of $659.1 million, while NetEase’s Justice Online generated revenue of $358.2 million, securing the 18th place. [nadianshi, in Chinese]
