The Most Popular Gacha Games of September, 2023

This month was full of surprises. We had a Gacha game dethrone Honkai Star Rail as the #1 Gacha on Mobile, Globally for the last month – although it’s likely to be very temporary.
Tower of Fantasy saw a slight increase in earnings for what – the first time this year? There has been a fairly substantial shift in terms of rankings all round, and NIKKE is holding a NieR automata collab which is out of this world.
The things they did to 2B and A2 should be illegal.. because they made me waste $200 to guarantee just 2B. God help me when it comes to pulling A2.. 

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.)

First, let’s talk the new king of the Gacha genre – Fate/Grand Order, coming in at #1 with an overwhelming $61 million dollars Globally, and 180,000 new downloads. Which is awfully low given the revenue, but is proof that the active playerbase is capable of spending more than almost any other gacha.
This is significantly more than its previous month, which saw $36 million dollars and 180,000 new downloads.

Honkai Star Rail sees a drop – although very likely temporary, to #2, with $50 million dollars Globally and 1.6 million new downloads. This is up quite a bit from last month’s $41 million dollars and 1.6 million new downloads.
In a shocking turn of events, Genshin Impact came in at #3, something many Gacha gamers probably never expected to see, with $44 million dollars and 2.9 million new downloads. This is up slightly from last month’s $32 million dollars and 2.7 million new downloads.

In a shocking turn of events, Genshin Impact came in at #3, something many Gacha gamers probably never expected to see, with $44 million dollars and 2.9 million new downloads. This is up slightly from last month’s $32 million dollars and 2.7 million new downloads.

It’s rare for 3 Gacha games to top $20 million dollars in any given month, so when Uma Musume proved once again it is a force to be reckoned with, bringing in $28 million dollars and 50,000 new downloads from Japan alone, to say I was surprised would be an understatement.
This is significantly up from last month’s $23 million dollars and 30,000 new downloads.

Last month, NIKKE fell to the #7 position. This month, NIKKE rose to take the #6 spot, bringing in a whopping $20 million dollars – yes, another game above $20 million, with 300,000 new downloads. This is up quite a bit from last month’s $15 million dollars and 290,000 new downloads.
I’m curious what next month’ll look like given the NieR collab featuring 2Booty and Ass2.

Heaven Burns Red comes in at #7 with a sizable $16 million dollars and 90,000 new downloads. This is up substantially from last month’s $4 million dollars and 40,000 new downloads. I’m not sure what happened, but they need to keep that up.

Raid Shadow Legends comes in at #8 with $15 million dollars and 600,000 new downloads. This is down just slightly from last month’s $16 million dollars and 700,000 new downloads.

Coming in at #9 is none other than Summoners War, with a tidy $10 million dollars and 70,000 new downloads. This is down from last month’s $12 million dollars and 100,000 new downloads.

Tower of God New World comes in at #11 with a massive $8 million dollars and 1.3 million new downloads. That’s.. pretty damn impressive given the game just launched a month ago. It opened significantly higher than many of us anticipated it opening to, which is never a bad thing.

Arknights continues to do phenomenally at #12, pulling in $7.6 million dollars and 90,000 new downloads. This is down from last month’s $10.9 million dollars and 100,000 downloads. I’m curious how next month will look however with their Monster Hunter collab going on right now.

At #13 we have Romancing SaGa Re: Universe, a title not many of you have likely played, yet managed to bring in $7.2 million dollars and 30,000 new downloads. This is down from last month’s $8.2 million, but pretty much 95% of its earnings are from Japan.

Diablo Immortal is finally beginning to show signs of decline, coming in at #14 with $7 million dollars and 300,000 new downloads. This is down from last month’s $9 million dollars and 600,000 new downloads. I’m surprised it’s lasted as long as it has, honestly.

Epic Seven comes in at #16 with $7 million dollars and 80,000 new downloads. This is roughly on par with last month’s $7 million dollars and 70,000 new downloads. This game continues to surprise us with its longevity.

The Seven Deadly Sins Grand Cross comes in at #17 with $6.5 million dollars and 400,000 new downloads. This is up quite a bit from last month’s $4.5 million dollars and 300,000 new downloads.

Fire Emblem Heroes comes in at #18 with $5 million dollars and 20,000 new downloads. This is almost identical to last month’s $5 million dollars and 17,000 new downloads.

Dragon Quest Champions comes in at #19 with $3.9 million dollars and 60,000 new downloads. This is down from last month’s $9 million dollars and a very alarming drop given it has only been out for less than 3 whole months. It is a Japanese exclusive currently, though.