The Most Popular Gacha Games of January, 2023

Gacha games are always fluctuating. Whether a game is doing good or bad is entirely dependent on what banner is currently available, what content was recently released, and what the competition is doing.

Despite that, there are certain Gacha games that continue to outperform others, leading them to eclipse the vast majority of other games within the genre. Genshin Impact, Arknights, Honkai: Star Rail, Blue Archive, Raid: Shadow Legends. Whether a game is good or not is of no concern to players that are willing to dump thousands, tens of thousands – or even in some instances, hundreds of thousands of dollars into a game. 

With this in mind, I’ve taken on the responsibility to report on the monthly earnings for every major Gacha game. So you know where your favorite game stands in the sea of Gacha – including total downloads.

Do note: This is pertaining to Global earnings and downloads – disregarding other regions (China, Japan, Korea etc.,) and will only feature Mobile earnings (not including PC/console financials.)

Starting off the new year at #1 is none other than Genshin Impact. Totaling both Global and Chinese versions of the game, Genshin saw 3 million downloads and $127 million dollars in total revenue across Android and iOS. An increase over last month’s $117 million dollars.

#2 saw NIKKE once again absolutely dominating the market, with a Global total of 800,000 new downloads and $46 million dollars in earnings across Android and iOS. A decrease over last month’s $70 million dollars. But it is worth noting that was expected – as this was only its second month, and second months are always going to accrue less money.

Fate/Grand Order continues to hold the #3 spot month after month, thanks to Japan. Totaling Global and Japanese versions of the game, Grand Order totaled 40,000 new downloads and $41 million dollars across Android and iOS. An increase of $9 million dollars since last month.

Coming in at #4 is Uma Musume. Uma Musume has held a top 5 spot for the last year straight, and continues to retain an active group of whales, as with it being a Japanese exclusive Gacha, it still managed 50,000 new downloads and $28 million dollars across Android and iOS. Comparatively, it saw an increase over last month’s $24 million.

#6 is Diablo Immortal, with Global and Chinese versions totaling a million new downloads, and $17 million dollars across Android and iOS devices. That is a decrease from last month’s $18 million, but still far more than it should be making.

Coming in at #7 is Summoners War, with a Global total of 50,000 new downloads and $14 million dollars across both Android and iOS. This is an increase over last month’s $11 million.

Surprising everyone at #8 is Memento Mori, which amassed 170,000 new downloads in the second month of its Global release and managed $12 million dollars across Android and iOS devices. This is a decrease from last month’s $16 million, but like NIKKE, was 100% expected.

At #9 is Project Sekai, with a Global and Japanese total of 370,000 new downloads and $11.4 million dollars across Android and iOS. Comparatively, that is an increase of $1.5 million dollars over last month.

Coming in at #11 is The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross. Totaling both Japan and Global, there were 30,000 new downloads and $9.8 million dollars across Android and iOS devices. This was an increase of 2 million dollars since last month.

Eminence in Shadow is a brand new release that comes in at #12 managed 400,000 new downloads and $8.5 million dollars earned via Android and iOS from both Japan and Global. Much of which is attributed to Japan.

Heaven Burns Red comes in at #13 with 40,000 new downloads and $8 million dollars across Android and iOS devices. This is a Japanese exclusive, and is still not yet available Globally. This is an increase of $2 million dollars over last month.

At #14 is Blue Archive, with a whopping combined total between Japan and Global of 110,000 new downloads and $6.5 million dollars across Android and iOS. This is an increase over last month’s $5.5 million.