Top 10 Grossing Gacha Games in December 2023
Gacha gaming had a great month to end this 2023 with a 10% increase in revenue across the board, compared to November 2023.
These 56 games also improved their download metrics, adding 18.5M players globally, a 45% increase from last month.
Let's dive into the December 2023 list compiled by GachaRevenue!
Note: This comprehensive list doesn't include desktop or CN revenue.
Top 10 Gacha Games by Revenue in December 2023 (Mobile Only)
1. Genshin Impact - $31,000,000
After a huge month in terms of revenue, Genshin Impact couldn't keep up but still managed to get $31M, securing the first spot on the list again.
Updated November 2023 Revenue: $53M
Why It's Down: Even though Navia was released this month, Furina made a much bigger impact last month. She was the first 5-star female character in over a year and people pulled like crazy for her.
2. Honkai: Star Rail - $26,000,000
After their worst month in revenue, Honkai Star Rail is back up to number 2 with an impressive $26M.
Updated November 2023 Revenue: $19M
Why It's Up: New characters like Argenti, Hanya, Ruan Mei, and Xueyi, plus the Silver Wolf rerun, compensated the low-income month from Huohuo's banner, which featured some of the worst 4-star characters in the game.
3. Fate/Grand Order - $25,000,000
Updated November 2023 Revenue: $16M
Why It's Up: The Advent Calendar 2023 featuring a surprise every day and a few holiday events were enough to bring $25M this month.
4. DRAGON BALL LEGENDS - $23,800,000
Updated November 2023 Revenue: $11.5M
Why It's Up: Legends Festival 2023 event was a huge one, like every year, making them 2x their previous month's revenue.
5. Jujutsu Kaisen Phantom Parade - $23,000,000
JK Phantom Parade is one of the new additions to the list, although this game has been running for quite a while in Japan as an exclusive.
Updated November 2023 Revenue: $11M
Why It's Up: As many others, holiday events carried their revenue numbers this month.
6. Puzzle & Dragons - $21,500,000
One of the first mobile gacha games that keeps bringing a solid amount of revenue each month, no matter what.
Updated November 2023 Revenue: $17.2M
Why It's Up: Holiday events always bring a bit more revenue on top of this stable revenue-generating puzzle game.
7. NIKKE - $18,000,000
After an impressive first anniversary, NIKKE couldn't keep up those revenue numbers in December.
Updated November 2023 Revenue: $30M
Why It's Down: Post-anniversary month, but still managed to get into the top 10 with new characters like Ludmilla: Winter Owner, Mica: Snow Buddy and the Neve rerun. Big things coming in January with the release of Scarlet: Black Shadow and a Modernia rerun.
8. DRAGON BALL Z DOKKAN BATTLE - $18,000,000
Another huge Dragon Ball game that keeps generating millions of revenue each month alongside DB Legends.
Updated November 2023 Revenue: $16M
Why It's Up: Festive events like Frosty Miracle! Wintertime Dokkan and others were enough to get $18M in December.
9. Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - $16,000,000
Another JP exclusive game that keeps topping the list.
Updated November 2023 Revenue: $14M
Why It's Up: New characters like Kitasan Black and new holiday events were enough to improve their November revenue numbers.
10. Black Clover M - $15,400,000
Black Clover Mobile was launched at the end of November and, in its first full month, it entered the top 10 with an impressive $15.4M revenue mark.
Updated November 2023 Revenue: $650k
Why It's Up: Launch month plus the release of Julius and Summer Noelle, two of the best units in the game for a long time.
And here's the rest of the list:
11. HATSUNE MIKU: COLORFUL STAGE! - $10,200,000
12. Summoners War - $10,000,000
13. ONE PIECE Bounty Rush - $7,200,000
14. Blue Archive - $6,600,000
15. ENSEMBLE STARS - $6,200,000
16. Heaven Burns Red - $6,000,000
17. MementoMori - $5,000,000
18. Fire Emblem Heroes - $5,000,000
19. ONE PIECE TREASURE CRUISE - $4,900,000
20. Azur Lane - $4,700,000
21. FINAL FANTASY VII: EVER CRISIS - $4,100,000
22. Atelier Resleriana - $4,000,000
23. Arknights - $3,200,000 (Biggest Drop)
24. Epic Seven - $3,000,000
25. Reverse: 1999 - $2,700,000
26. BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! - $2,540,000
27. Tower of God: NEW WORLD - $2,000,000
28. ANOTHER EDEN - $1,900,000
29. Echocalypse: Scarlet Covenant - $1,890,000
30. Honkai Impact 3rd - $1,800,000
31. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM U.C. ENGAGE - $1,500,000
32. CAPTAIN TSUBASA: ACE - $1,500,000
33. Princess Connect! Re:Dive - $1,300,000
34. BrownDust2 - $1,300,000
35. Punishing: Gray Raven - $1,000,000
36. OCTOPATH TRAVELER CotC - $800,000
37. Path to Nowhere - $700,000
38. Dolphin Wave - $700,000
39. DanMachi BATTLE CHRONICLE - $620,000
40. Limbus Company - $500,000
41. Aether Gazer - $500,000
42. OUTERPLANE - $500,000
43. Tower of Fantasy - $500,000
44. Guardian Tales - $360,000
45. Eversoul - $300,000
46. Alchemy Stars - $300,000
47. Snowbreak: Containment Zone - $300,000
48. Aster Tatariqus - $300,000
49. Counter:Side - $290,000
50. takt op. Symphony - $250,000
51. Neural Cloud - $180,000
52. Girl's Frontline - $150,000
53. Artery Gear - $50,000
54. Archeland - $40,000
55. Higan: Eruthyll - $25,000
56. ALICE Fiction - $10,000
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