This page archives Sensor Tower’s January 2026 worldwide mobile games recap (App Performance Insights, published February 2026). The scope is App Store + Google Play; third-party Android stores are excluded — unlike our Steam weekly sellers archive, this tracks mobile IAP and installs, not PC store revenue.
Tables below mirror the blog copy and the published Gaming Recap infographic — no paywalled screenshot embed, same public fields Sensor Tower names in the post.
Chart data (January 2026)
Period January 2026. Source: Sensor Tower · App Performance Insights (App Store + Google Play; third-party Android stores excluded). Global mobile game consumer spending ≈ $7.1B, +1.4% MoM.
Global revenue top 10 (named in post)
| Rank | Game | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honor of Kings | Tencent | Sun Wukong skin + hero Da Yu + S42 season |
| 2 | Last War: Survival Game | FunFly / Florere | Strong live-ops monetization |
| 3 | MONOPOLY GO! | Scopely | Extended Harry Potter live ops |
| 4 | Royal Match | Dream Games | Match-3 IAP leader |
| 5 | Whiteout Survival | Century Games | Strategy / survival IAP |
| 10 | Game for Peace | Tencent | Re-entered top 10 (+19); international name Peacekeeper Elite |
Sensor Tower’s blog points to the official infographic for the full revenue top 10 (ranks 6–9). This archive lists every rank explicitly named in the post text plus the published download tables.
Revenue growth highlights (from blog copy)
| # | Game | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arknights: Endfield | Hypergryph | No. 3 worldwide revenue growth after January launch |
| 2 | Genshin Impact | miHoYo | Returned to growth list; mid-Jan banners + Archon Quest |
| 3 | Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle | Bandai Namco | 11th anniversary gacha rebound |
| 4 | Dungeon & Fighter Mobile | Tencent | Progression updates + live ops |
| 5 | Delta Force | Tencent | Shooter season refresh in CN / SEA |
| 6 | Naruto Mobile | Tencent | IP events reactivated spenders |
Global mobile game downloads ≈ 4.2B, +5.4% MoM. India led at 14.4% (~607M).
Global downloads top 10
| Rank | Game | Publisher | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Block Blast! | Hungry Studio | = |
| 2 | ROBLOX | Roblox | = |
| 3 | Free Fire | Garena / Sea | = |
| 4 | Pizza Ready! | Supercent | = |
| 5 | Subway Surfers | Miniclip | = |
| 6 | Vita Mahjong | Vita Studio | ▲ |
| 7 | Ludo King | Gametion | ▼ |
| 8 | Tile Explorer - Triple Match | Oakever Games | ▲ |
| 9 | Football League 2023 | Mobile Soccer | ▲ |
| 10 | Paper.io 2 | Voodoo | ▼ |
Downloads growth top 10
| Rank | Game | Publisher | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heartopia | XD | NEW |
| 2 | Goose Goose Duck | Gaggle Studios | Growth |
| 3 | Gossip Harbor | Microfun | Growth |
| 4 | TheoTown: City Builder Sim | blueflower | Growth |
| 5 | ColorBlock : Combo Blast | Flyyes Technology | Growth |
| 6 | Arknights: Endfield | Hypergryph | NEW |
| 7 | Royal Kingdom | Dream Games | Growth |
| 8 | Rope Escape Master | PoseidonJoy | Growth |
| 9 | Tile Explorer - Triple Match | Oakever Games | Growth |
| 10 | Piano Beat: Rush Tiles | Geckolor Inc. | Growth |
How to read the revenue list
Sensor Tower states global mobile game consumer spending hit about $7.1B in January, +1.4% MoM. By region: US 31%, China (iOS only) 16%, Japan 13%. Always pair that with the store-coverage footnote — sideload / alternate Android markets are out of scope.
Honor of Kings reclaimed #1 on revenue, driven by the Sun Wukong Fighting Buddha Wushuang skin, new hero Da Yu, and the S42 season refresh. Last War: Survival Game, MONOPOLY GO!, Royal Match, and Whiteout Survival round out the top five named in copy — MOBA + SLG + match-3 + board IP, not one genre.
MONOPOLY GO! rose one slot on an extended Harry Potter live-ops cycle (racing events, short challenges, co-op partner hooks, sticker-album finale). Game for Peace (Peacekeeper Elite internationally) climbed 19 places to re-enter the global revenue top 10, tied in the post to the Twilight Rose Shadow God Suit quest line and a spring update (Volcano map, Metro Royale expansion).
Ranks 6–9 on revenue appear on Sensor Tower’s official infographic only; this archive lists ranks explicitly named in text (1–5 and #10) plus the full download tables from the same asset.
Downloads vs revenue
Global downloads ≈ 4.2B, +5.4% MoM. India 14.4% (~607M), US 7.9%, Brazil 7.1% — geography for installs ≠ geography for IAP.
Block Blast! stayed #1 on downloads; Sensor Tower cites a 21-day Space Rocket puzzle marathon. ROBLOX held #2 via marketplace events plus the official KPop Demon Hunters Netflix crossover. Free Fire, Pizza Ready!, and Subway Surfers fill #3–#5.
On download growth, Heartopia (#1) led avatar life-sim adoption in the US and Southeast Asia; Goose Goose Duck (#2) showed social-party resurgence in Asia. Arknights: Endfield launched in January and ranks high on both download growth and revenue-growth callouts. Tile Explorer appears in both the downloads top 10 and growth top 10.
Revenue-growth callouts (not the full revenue top 10)
The post also highlights Genshin Impact (mid-Jan banners + Archon Quest), Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle (11th anniversary), and Tencent titles Dungeon & Fighter Mobile, Delta Force, and Naruto Mobile — these are momentum stories, not the same as total January grossing rank.
Sensor Tower vs first-party store charts
- Sensor Tower — third-party estimates, global App Store + Google Play merge.
- App Store charts — Apple’s country-level free/grossing lists, live storefront logic.
- Google Play charts — Google’s regional rankings; much of China Android sits outside Play.
Archive notes
Hero art is a local copy of Sensor Tower’s January 2026 Gaming Recap graphic. Next month: update data/sensor-tower-mobile-snapshot.json and rebuild. Please credit “Sensor Tower” when sharing (per their blog terms).