A total of 37 Chinese mobile games earn more than $100 million in overseas markets in 2020, up from 25 in 2019, according to Sensor Tower, a mobile market data provider.
The top 30 mobile game products in terms of overseas revenue generated a total of $9.24 billion in the App Store and Google Play, up 47% from $6.3 billion in 2019.
Tencent's PUBG MOBILE reigned as China's top mobile game revenue generator overseas with $1.06 billion in revenue, up 37% from 2019.
The emergence of miHoYo's Genshin Impact breaks the monopoly of PUBG MOBILE as the top monthly ranking leader in outbound revenue for the past two years.
In the past year, the top 30 mobile games generated $2.8 billion in total revenue in Japan, up 81% year-over-year, making Japan the most popular market for Chinese mobile game makers to go overseas, surpassing the US.
The entry threshold for the monthly chart in 2020 floated at $10 million, peaking at $11.6 million. The average entry threshold in 2020 was $10.24 million, up 60% from 2019.
Douyin and TikTok hold top spot with $130 million in global revenue in Sept
