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Leading mobile game apps in China in November 2025, based on in-app purchase (IAP) revenue (in million U.S. dollars)

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November 2025

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China

Survey time period

November 1 to 28, 2025

Special properties

App Store and Google Play; Apple App Store includes iPhone and iPad devices

Supplementary notes

The figures are estimates of developer earnings from IAP and do not include ad revenue, web shop spend, or Apple and Google's 30% cut.

IAP revenue is reduced by platform fees and inclusive taxes.

Figures have been rounded.

The source does not provide the publication date. The release date stated here is the date of data access.

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China's mobile game market is vibrant. In November 2025, Tencent's flagship title, Honor of Kings, was the highest-grossing game app in the country, raking in about ** million U.S. dollars in in-app purchase (IAP) revenue. Delta Force came in second with over ** million U.S. dollars.

The long-term winners: Tencent and NetEase

For many years, Tencent and NetEase have been the most successful Chinese game developers, holding the lion’s share of mobile gaming traffic. The former owns the super app WeChat and an extensive network of entertainment offerings. The mobile gaming business has been one of Tencent's profit pillars, contributing nearly ** percent of its annual revenue (*** billion yuan) in 2022. In comparison, NetEase was half the size of Tencent – ** billion yuan in online game revenue in 2024.

The industry challenger: miHoYo

Having arrived at the gaming scene relatively late in 2011, the Chinese studio miHoYo took eight years to catch global attention. In September 2020, the company grabbed the right timing to launch Genshin Impact during the pandemic. The role-playing game achieved *** billion U.S. dollars of revenue within a year of release and continues to be a lucrative title in various markets. The company later released *** more blockbuster games, Honkai: Star Rail in 2023 and Zenless Zone Zero in 2024.