The Most Popular Gacha Games of October, 2023

What an exciting month this has been. A lot of Gacha games have been in the red – the negative, down significantly from last month’s earnings.
We also saw the 2nd month in a row where neither Honkai Star Rail nor Genshin Impact were the #1 Gacha game Globally. Tower of Fantasy for the first time since its launch made less than a million dollars.
And there were a few new entries – that popped in for the very first time ever. It’s been very exciting watching things unfold, and seeing where the games ultimately fell over the last month.

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.

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.)

Let’s start this off with the Gacha that came in at #1 – Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle. I know, I know. No Honkai Star Rail? No Genshin Impact? Nope and nope. DBZ shows once again that it’s an absolute force to be reckoned with.. and given its competition, that’s.. saiyan something. hah.. get it? Saiyan something? Dokkan Battle brought in $40 million dollars, along with over a million total new downloads. This is up significantly from last month’s $24 million dollars and several hundred thousand downloads.

Honkai Star Rail takes the #2 spot, with $40 million dollars and 1.5 million new downloads. Roughly tying Dokkan Battle for the #2 spot, really. This is actually down from last month’s $50 million dollars and 1.6 million downloads.

I know you were expecting Genshin Impact to be #1, maybe #2 thanks to Star Rail but not this month. This month sees Genshin Impact drop to #3 – if we’re totaling Global earnings and downloads, with $36 million dollars and 2.6 million new downloads.
This is up from last month’s $33 million dollars and 2.9 million new downloads, and including Chinese revenue, brought in an additional $30 million dollars.

4th place? Uma Musume. Yes, the Horse Girl Waifu sim, with $36 million dollars and 80,000 new downloads. This is up from last month’s $26 million dollars and 50,000 new downloads.

Coming in at #6 is Fate/Grand Order, with $30 million dollars and 140,000 new downloads. This is down from last month’s overwhelming $53 million dollars and 180,000 new downloads.

#7 sees ONE PIECE Bounty Rush claim the position, with $20 million dollars and 2 million new downloads. This is the first time I was even made aware of the game so I’m surprised to see it making as much as it is.

Raid Shadow Legends comes in at #8 with $15 million dollars and 600,000 new downloads. This is on par with last month’s $15 million dollars and 600,000 new downloads.

Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis comes in at #9 with $12 million dollars and 3.3 million new downloads. That’s pretty good given it just launched – however I’m curious how it’ll do over the next few months given none of the Final Fantasy Gacha games ever do well long-term.

Arknights comes in at #11 with $8.5 million dollars and 100,000 new downloads. This is up from last month’s $7.6 million dollars and 90,000 new downloads. And will likely rise even further with the Arknights Anime beginning!

Summoners War comes in at #12 with $8 million dollars and 130,000 new downloads. This is down from last month’s $10 million dollars and 70,000 new downloads.

Project Sekai comes in at #13 with $7.7 million dollars and 430,000 new downloads. This is down from last month’s $8.9 million dollars and 360,000 new downloads.

Diablo Immortal somehow comes in at #14 with $7 million dollars and 200,000 new downloads. This is the same as last month’s $7 million dollars and 300,000 new downloads. How it continues to remain relevant is beyond me.

Azur Lane comes in at #16 with #6.6 million dollars and 76,000 new downloads. This is up from last month’s $3.3 million dollars and 51,000 new downloads.

#17 is Heaven Burns Red, with $6 million dollars and 30,000 new downloads, proving once again that loyal players continue to burn money on this game with very little new interest in it. This is down from last month’s $16 million dollars and 90,000 downloads.

Coming in at #18 we have Memento Mori, with $5 million dollars and 70,000 new downloads. This is down from last month’s $7 million dollars and 100,000 new downloads and is continuing to show decline.

Epic Seven comes in at #19 with $5 million dollars and 70,000 new downloads. This is down from last month’s $7 million dollars and 70,000 new downloads.