Sensor Tower's overseas mobile game revenue rankings for April show that "Arknights" experienced significant growth in April 2026, with monthly revenue increasing by over 240% month-over-month, returning to the 16th position on the list. From the perspective of the top revenue charts, SLG, survival strategy, merge, and anime-style RPG games remain the most lucrative categories for Chinese mobile games expanding overseas. On the download charts, "Arrows GO!" from Oakever Games saw a sharp increase in downloads. Since its launch in February this year, cumulative downloads have exceeded 20 million by the end of April, climbing to the 2nd position on the Chinese mobile game overseas download chart. Sensor Tower data indicates that miHoYo's "Honkai: Star Rail" delivered strong overseas revenue performance in April 2026, primarily driven by its 3rd-anniversary celebration and a major version update. On April 22nd, the game achieved its highest single-day revenue since 2026, ranking first on the global mobile game revenue chart that day. The Japanese market continued to be one of its most crucial revenue sources, contributing over 45% of its overseas revenue in April. "Arknights," developed by Hypergryph and published jointly by Yostar and X.D. Network, saw significant growth in April 2026, with monthly revenue increasing by over 240% month-over-month, returning to the 16th position on the list. Concurrently, the game's downloads grew by approximately 30% month-over-month in April, with the revenue growth rate further demonstrating the strong user loyalty and willingness to pay among its core player base. On April 15th, the game topped Japan's iOS mobile game daily revenue chart and secured the top spot on the overseas mobile game revenue growth chart for the period. 37 Interactive Entertainment's new post-apocalyptic survival strategy mobile game "Last Asylum: Plague," launched in February this year, continued its strong growth momentum in April, with its overseas monthly revenue surpassing $15 million. The U.S. market contributed nearly 35% of the global revenue, establishing itself as the most critical revenue source. During April, the game ranked second on the U.S. 4X strategy mobile game revenue growth chart. In terms of market performance, the post-apocalyptic survival theme and resource management gameplay of "Last Asylum: Plague" continue to maintain high user interest and spending potential in overseas markets, advancing three positions to rank 20th. Yostar's popular anime-style mahjong mobile game "Mahjong Soul" saw a substantial revenue increase in April 2026, with monthly revenue growing by over 600% month-over-month, returning to the 25th position on the list. Driven by a collaboration event, "Mahjong Soul" achieved a single-day overseas revenue exceeding $2 million on April 23rd, setting a record for its highest single-day revenue since 2026 and climbing to the 2nd position on Japan's mobile game daily revenue chart. This performance once again highlights that high-profile anime IP collaborations remain a key operational strategy for boosting player engagement and revenue in anime-style mobile games. Sensor Tower data for the April overseas mobile game revenue growth chart shows that Lingxi Games' strategy mobile game "Three Kingdoms Tactics" experienced significant revenue growth in April 2026, ranking 4th on the overseas mobile game growth chart with a month-over-month revenue increase of nearly 300%. On April 18th, the game officially launched its new PK season scenario, the 27th "Rising Armies of the Nine Provinces." Driven by the new scenario, the game's single-day revenue exceeded $650,000, topping the Asian market's mobile game daily revenue growth chart and ranking 5th on the Asian market's mobile game daily revenue chart. Habby's "Six Six Heroes" (overseas version named "Dicero!") officially launched in April 2026 and quickly gained market attention, ranking 6th on the overseas mobile game revenue growth chart. On April 24th, the game topped the idle RPG mobile game revenue chart in the Taiwan region of China. Its cartoonish visual style and high-frequency progression feedback helped the product quickly accumulate user attention in the Taiwan region, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asian markets. As the official sequel to the classic ARPG series Torchlight, X.D. Network's looter ARPG "Torchlight: Infinite" (overseas version name) saw significant revenue growth in April 2026, with overseas revenue increasing by over 650% month-over-month, ranking 11th on the overseas mobile game revenue growth chart. The new version launched on April 23rd significantly drove player return and spending growth, pushing the game to achieve its highest single-day revenue record since 2026 the following day, with overseas single-day revenue exceeding $210,000. Sensor Tower's April overseas mobile game download chart indicates that hyper-casual puzzle, merge, light puzzle, and IAA-driven products remain the core directions for Chinese mobile games to acquire users overseas. Among them, new-generation light products represented by "Arrows GO!" and "Jewel Coloring" are rapidly expanding their user base in high-download markets like the U.S., India, and Southeast Asia through low-barrier gameplay, high-frequency visual feedback, and large-scale advertising user acquisition. "Arrows GO!" from Oakever Games quickly gained popularity in overseas markets after its launch in February this year, with cumulative downloads exceeding 20 million by the end of April. In terms of user acquisition structure, over 64% of users came from paid display advertising channels, while also attracting over 20% of organic search users, demonstrating strong advertising efficiency and organic traffic diffusion capability. During April, "Arrows GO!" jumped to the 5th position on the overseas mobile game download chart and climbed to the 2nd position on the Chinese mobile game overseas download chart, becoming one of the fastest-growing new products in the hyper-casual puzzle genre recently, topping the April overseas game download growth chart. Meanwhile, "Arrows Puzzle Escape," which also employs the Arrow Escape gameplay, ranked high on the global download growth chart, indicating that this specific puzzle sub-genre is rapidly forming a competitive landscape for users among top products. "Jewel Coloring" maintained its growth momentum in its second month after launch, with April downloads increasing by 64% month-over-month. By the end of April, the game's cumulative downloads in overseas markets had exceeded 10 million. The U.S. market contributed nearly 24% of the downloads, helping it secure the 4th position on the U.S. mobile game download chart in April.
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