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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.

List

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Most-played mobile games by player count (with at least 50 million)
Game As of Player count[a] Release date Publisher(s) Ref.
Candy Crush Saga March 24, 2023 500 million April 12, 2012 King [1]
Call of Duty: Mobile May 2021 500 million downloads[b] October 1, 2019 Activision [2]
Among Us November 2020 485 million[c] June 15, 2018 InnerSloth [3]
Mini World April 2020 400 million December 26, 2015 Minovate [4]
Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle August 2021 350 million January 30, 2015 Bandai Namco Entertainment [5]
Sonic Dash February 2020 350 million March 7, 2013 Sega [6]
Helix Jump December 2018 334 million February 10, 2018 Voodoo [7]
Gardenscapes: New Acres May 2020 324 million August 2016 Playrix [8]
Homescapes May 2020 312 million August 2017 Playrix [8]
PUBG Mobile August 2023 300 million monthly players March 2018 Tencent games [9]
Super Mario Run August 2018 300 million December 15, 2016 Nintendo [10]
Township May 2020 274 million February 24, 2012 Playrix [8]
Knives Out September 2018 250 million November 2017 NetEase [11]
Angry Birds 2 December 2019 230 million July 30, 2015 Rovio Entertainment [12]
Honor of Kings / Arena of Valor December 2017 200 million peak monthly players November 26, 2015 Tencent Games [13]
QQ Speed Mobile / Speed Drifters January 2020 200 million December 29, 2017 TiMi Studios / Tencent Games / Garena [14]
Fishdom May 2020 173 million June 18, 2008 Playrix [8]
Rise Up December 2018 162 million 2018 Serkan Özyılmaz [15]
PES 2018 Mobile August 2018 150 million September 12, 2017 Konami [16]
War Robots January 2020 150 million April 14, 2014 Pixonic [17]
World of Tanks March 2016 140 million August 12, 2010 Wargaming [18]
Mario Kart Tour October 2019 123.9 million September 25, 2019 Nintendo [19]
Ice Age Village 2013 120 million April 5, 2012 Gameloft [20]
FIFA Mobile (now EA FC) January 2018 113 million October 1, 2016 EA Sports [21]
Subway Surfers July 2019 100 million monthly players May 24, 2012 SYBO Games [22]
Tiao Yi Tiao January 2018 100 million peak daily players December 2017 Tencent Games [23]
Drag Racing February 2013 100 million April 2011 Creative Mobile [24]
Junior Three Kingdoms January 2018 100 million March 2015 Youzu Interactive [25]
Ludo King December 2018 100 million December 17, 2016 Gametion Technologies Pvt Ltd [26]
One Piece Treasure Cruise February 2019 100 million May 12, 2014 Bandai Namco Entertainment [27]
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes November 2021 100 million November 24, 2015 Electronic Arts [28]
White Cat Project June 2016 100 million July 14, 2014 Colopl [29]
Hearthstone November 2018 100 million March 11, 2014 Blizzard Entertainment [30]
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links October 2019 100 million November 17, 2016 Konami [31]
Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen May 2019 100 million May 20, 2015 Tencent Games [32]
Sky: Children of the Light July 2021 100 million July 18, 2019 thatgamecompany [33]
Mr Love: Queen's Choice July 2019 90 million December 14, 2017 Elex [34]
The Battle Cats August 2023 84 million September 17, 2014 PONOS [35]
Disney Tsum Tsum November 2018 80 million January 29, 2014 Line Corporation [36]
Puzzle & Dragons January 2019 80 million February 20, 2012 GungHo Online Entertainment [37]
The Simpsons: Tapped Out April 2020 80 million February 29, 2012 Electronic Arts [38]
Marvel: Avengers Alliance March 2015 70 million March 1, 2012 Disney Interactive [39]
Genshin Impact February 2023 65 million September 28, 2020 HoYoverse
Angry Birds Friends August 2013 60 million February 13, 2012 Rovio Entertainment [40]
Seven Knights February 2021 60 million February 5, 2016 Netmarble Japan [41]
Fate/Grand Order February 2021 57 million July 30, 2015 Aniplex / Type-Moon [42]
Bleach: Brave Souls February 2021 55 million July 23, 2015 KLab [43]
Gods of Boom October 2018 55 million May 18, 2017 Game Insight [44]
Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire January 2019 51 million June 29, 2017 MZ [45]
Clash Royale September 2018 50 million daily players March 2, 2016 Supercell [46]
Flappy Bird February 2014 50 million May 24, 2013 dotGears [47]
LINE Rangers March 2018 50 million February 28, 2014 Line Corporation [48]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Not including figures solely from app download counts
  2. ^ We should not use download counts. Another reference is needed.
  3. ^ Mobile version accounts for 97% of roughly 500 million total players.

References

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