Smartphones are more than communication tools and are used to do many things including games. Making phone calls is almost the last thing that we do with our mobile phones. With the help of advanced technology, the internet, and creativity, the virtual world of reality is all over the world. Kids and kids at heart are now playing each other through smartphones and are having so much fun using gaming apps. So lets have a look at 10 Top Grossing Android Games on Google Play Store.
This gaming is easily downloaded from Google play store. Plus the grossing games are accessed anywhere making them convenient. They are numerous in number and everyone can find one that interests them and start playing on the go. Besides playing and having lots of fun, the apps also generate lots of revenue since many people spend a lot of time playing them whenever they get a chance and the easy internet connection is largely contributing to it. That said, this article will look at some of the top-grossing apps available on Google play.
Monster Strike
Number one on my list is Monster Strike, a mobile physics game with elements of role-playing, strategy and cooperative multiplayer. This nifty grossing gaming app is developed by Mixi for iOS and Android platforms. It was co-created by Yoshiki Okamoto. The game is quite popular around the world and many are downloading it on their android phones and playing.
Clash Royale
This is an interesting gaming app that is played online. Clash Royale requires a real-time strategy of combining elements from collectible card games, tower defense, and multiplayer online battle arenas. Published in2016 and launched in the following year, Clash Royale has grossed $1 billion in revenue. What made this figure possible is its premium model of monetizing the app through in-app purchases. The game has topped the charts in 131 countries and was ranked number 3 as the most popular app game for iOS in 2017 with an estimated 30,109 daily installs and $1,286,317 daily revenue.
Candy Crush Saga
And who doesn’t know Candy Crush Saga, the biggest game on play store? This popular grossing game for Android is famous and played with people from all walks of life. It has once again claimed the top spot in the Apple app store chart of top-grossing games of 2017. This was due to its new entry called Candy Crush Soda Saga. Gamers can freely download this game but get charged for in-game features. It was first launched in2014 and grew by 29% from Q2 2016 to Q2 2017. The grossing gaming app generated close to $91 million in the second quarter of 2016 and nearly $118 million in the second quarter of 2017. Its daily revenue is estimated to be worth $1,677,295 according to a Sensor Tower report. The app reached number 2 on the list of top-grossing game apps in 2017.
Clash of Clans
This is another Clash title from Supercell. It is an addictive game that is played by strategizing in a war setting where clans fight each other in war. It remains in the list of the most played online games and also top-earning applications since its inception in 2012. You can download it freely but their revenue comes from in-app purchases model of app monetization. In 2016 Clash of Clans was ranked second in the top-grossing games, according to App Annie. It attained a solid 30,812 daily installs, which elevated it among the top-grossing apps list. In 2017, it got the tenth position of top-grossing games with daily revenue of $384,767.
Pokemon Go
This is an augmented reality game by Niantic.Inc and was launched in 2016. Reports say that it gained popularity in just a few days of its realization, scoring millions of downloads across both iOS and Android mobile platforms. This grossing app was downloaded 6 million times in the US, New Zealand, and Australia. Today, the Pokémon Go app has more than five million daily active users globally, with 29,265 daily installs. It’s a free app generating its revenue from in-app purchases. Its daily revenue is estimated to be $189,804, ranking 19th on the list of top-grossing games of 2017.
King of Chaos
This is a web-based game where participants build an army up by getting people to click their ‘unique link’. It is a greatly designed game where you have the option of picking a great warrior and fight for as long as possible, avoiding getting vanished.
Tencent’s Honor of Kings
This particular game has been nicknamed internationally as Arena of Valor once spending nine consecutive months as the world’s top-earning mobile game on the App Store and Google Play. In May 2018, it was the highest-grossing title on mobile. It stayed on the charts for the longest period which earned it a place in the top 10 grossing apps of 2018.
Fortnite
First realized in 2017 by Epic Games as an online video game, Fortnite is available as separate software packages. The video game has different game modes that share the same general gameplay and game. This is what made the first mobile title developed outside of Asia. Not only that, but it also reached the platform’s topped five for game revenue since May 2017.
Lords Mobile
I don’t know why real-time strategy war game is popular among grossing gaming apps but this one is one of them. It was developed and published in 2016 by IGG. It is a free to play the game but offers in-app purchases. What made news about this app was that barely a few months after its inception its revenue reached a whopping $1 billion, contributing to 39% of IGG’s revenue in 2016. In this same year, the gaming app won the Google Play award for the Best Competitive Game. All this success got Lord Mobile nominated for the Best Multiplayer Game in 2017. Today the app is installed 48,340 times daily and is available in 16 major languages in 28 countries.
Final Thoughts
Life has become interesting with apps and we are so hooked up to them that we almost can’t do without them. Besides being used for entertainment purposes, these grossing apps also generate huge revenue making them economy drivers in their respect. That is why developers invest substantial amounts in mobile development.
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