April’s top mobile games showed the power of fresh IPs, nostalgia, and viral hits. Delta Force surged with 25 million pre-registrations, fuelled by nostalgia and global hype. Meme Bot Tung Sahur turned TikTok trends into millions of installs, while Royal Kingdom used celebrity-driven ads to capture 5 million players. Disney Solitaire leaned on beloved characters, blending classic gameplay with IP power. Love and Deepspace raked in $20 million with romance-driven storytelling, and Wuthering Waves matched it with anime-style gacha mechanics. Strong IP, clever marketing, and social virality all drove success.

Read on for the full breakdown of April’s top free, grossing, featured, and trending mobile games.

 

Top 10 Free Games 

Based on highest downloads: 

Top free mobile games last month leveraged aggressive user acquisition and viral appeal to dominate downloads. Block Blast! led the chart (no surprises there!) with over 20 million downloads, fuelled by hyper-casual mechanics and heavy ad spend. Roblox maintained its popularity with user-generated content and cross-platform play, while Subway Surfers and Ludo King tapped into their evergreen casual appeal. Regional success also played a key role - Garena Free Fire excelled in markets like India, Brazil, and Indonesia, where low device requirements and frequent updates kept it relevant. Notably, new IP-driven releases like Delta Force gained traction through strong pre-launch marketing.

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Top 10 Grossing Mobile Games 

Based on highest revenue - estimated IAP revenue by platform fees and taxes:

Top-grossing titles in April did well through following the classic playbook of strategic monetization and live operations. Honor of Kings led with over $100 million in revenue, driven by its “Five-Five Friends Festival” featuring Sanrio crossover content. 4X strategy titles Last War: Survival and Whiteout Survival saw high earnings through Easter events, while Monopoly Go! capitalised on its social board-game model. Continuous content updates, battle passes, and gacha mechanics powered other hits like Candy Crush Saga and Honkai: Star Rail. Regional strength was also key - Honor of Kings dominated China’s iOS revenue, while Honkai: Star Rail spread its earnings across Asia, North America, and Europe.

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Top Featured Mobile Games 

Featuring score - quantifying the efficiency of an app’s featuring. This metric takes into account the store and the country of featuring, the placement of featuring, and the number of days that has passed from the start of featuring:

Accessible, casual gameplay drove success among the top featured mobile games of April. Perennial favourite Block Blast!’s simple puzzle mechanics and aggressive UA led to 39.5 million installs, while evergreen titles like Subway Surfers and Ludo King thrived with universal appeal. Community-driven and IP-backed content also stood out - Roblox used user-generated experiences and brand tie-ins (NFL, Sanrio) to attract 19.6 million players. New launches leveraging popular IP, like Tencent’s Delta Force, surged with 25 million pre-registrations and a top-10 debut, fueled by nostalgia and global rollout.

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Top Trending Mobile Games - Gainers 

Top Free

The green line shows the app's performance in the Top Charts over November - the left side indicates the starting position, and the right indicates its current position:

The top trending free mobile games of April spanned genres from puzzles and solitaire to music challenges, racing, horror, and shooters, reflecting broad audience appeal. Many hits leveraged strong IPs or big marketing pushes - Royal Kingdom built on Royal Match’s legacy with a celebrity-driven campaign, while Disney Solitaire attracted casual players. Social media virality also played a key role - Meme Bot Tung Sahur, for example, went global thanks to TikTok trends and clever ASO. Simple, classic gameplay remained effective too - Tic Tac Toe drew nearly 3 million installs with its offline, two-player mode.

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Top Grossing

Revenue indicates IAP revenue reduced by platform fees and inclusive taxes:

Success of the top grossing mobile games of April was driven by aggressive monetization - gacha mechanics, battle passes, and subscriptions were key for NIKKE, Wuthering Waves, and Love and Deepspace. Strong IP and brand partnerships boosted spending, with Disney Solitaire using collectible Disney characters and NIKKE launching high-profile crossovers. 

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Top Trending Mobile Games - Losers

Top Free

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Top Grossing