According to Qimai Data, the September 2026 popular game rankings have been released, including the Top 30 popular game download chart and the Top 30 popular game revenue chart.
In terms of the popular game download chart, Tencent (00700)'s "Honor of Kings" and "Delta Force" remain at Top 1 and Top 2, while another new game launched in September, "Honor of Kings: Chess," made a strong entry into the Top 3 with impressive performance.
In terms of the popular game revenue chart, Tencent's "Honor of Kings," "Delta Force," and "Peacekeeper Elite" dominate the top three.
It is understood that "Honor of Kings: Chess" was developed by the original team behind Honor of Kings and is a new hero strategy auto-battler game based on the Honor of Kings IP. It officially launched across all platforms on September 10, with PC and mobile versions opening simultaneously. According to Qimai Data monitoring, the game quickly topped the App Store free game chart at Top 1 and stayed there for multiple consecutive days after launch, while also ranking high on the best-selling game chart, making it one of the most anticipated new releases of the month.
Looking at the new entries in the Top 30 popular rankings, there are a total of 8 newly entered products. In addition to "Honor of Kings: Chess," among the newly entered products this time, 5 other products are new games launched in September, namely "Tata Adventure Team," "Shine! Lumi," "Xian Ni: Ben Zun," "Shell Storm!" and "Yimo."
In terms of ranking changes among Top 30 entries, Yishi Jie's "Crazy Water World" showed strong growth momentum this month, entering the chart at Top 18. It is understood that in August, "Crazy Water World" launched its first product brand festival, "Summer Wild Wave Festival," relying on a series of activities including celebrity endorsement announcements, deserted island survival live streams, new game version launches, and AI live-action short dramas, the game's popularity continued to rise and its product influence expanded simultaneously. "Crazy Water World" is a maritime apocalyptic simulation survival mobile game that combines "simulation management + SLG" gameplay. Since its launch, the game has been loved by many players, not only has its mini-game version long ranked high on WeChat and Douyin mini-game best-seller charts, but its App has also repeatedly occupied the Top 1 spot on the iOS market simulation game rankings.
In addition to "Crazy Water World," Yishi Jie's ancient-style simulation management mobile game "This City Has Good Fields" also received high industry recognition, winning two honors in September: "Outstanding Mini-Game" at the vivo Developer Conference and "Annual Outstanding Mini-Game" at the OPPO Developer Conference. Since its official launch in July 2023, the game has repeatedly topped the iOS simulation game best-seller chart and ranked in the Top 3 of the WeChat mini-game best-seller chart.
In terms of game categories among chart entries, action games have 8 entries, accounting for the largest proportion; adventure and casual mobile games each have 5 entries. In terms of game publishers among chart entries, Tencent has 12 products on the chart, and NetEase (09999) has 2 products on the chart.
In the popular game revenue chart, Tencent's "Honor of Kings," "Delta Force," and "Peacekeeper Elite" rank at Top 1, Top 2, and Top 3 respectively. In terms of new entries on the mobile game chart, there are 6 newly entered products in the September revenue chart Top 30, namely "Honor of Kings: Chess," "Onmyoji," "Roco Kingdom: World," "Love and Deepspace," "Three Kingdoms: Strategic World," and "Tata Adventure Team."
Among them, NetEase's anime card mobile game "Onmyoji" strongly climbed to Top 18 on the chart, becoming one of the highlight products on this month's revenue chart. On September 9, "Onmyoji" officially launched its 10th anniversary celebration event. According to Qimai Data estimates, after the 10th anniversary event began, the game's iOS downloads and revenue both reached their highest peaks in nearly a year, with monthly downloads increasing by 120% month-over-month and revenue increasing by nearly 180% month-over-month. On the day the 10th anniversary celebration began, the game quickly surged to 3rd place on the iOS game best-seller chart, setting a new high in nearly two years, fully demonstrating the explosive power and strong appeal of this veteran anime mobile game at major milestones.
Among the game categories on the chart, action mobile games are the most numerous with 7 entries, followed by strategy games with 5 entries. In terms of game publishers among chart entries, Tencent has 13 entries and NetEase has 4 entries.
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