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China Mobile Gaming Statistics in 2023

China Mobile Gaming Statistics in 2023 for Android
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China is the world’s foremost market for mobile apps. Moreover, the most popular app genre across “The Middle Kingdom” is games. With hundreds of developers – like BabyBus, FT Games, Ezjoy, and Blockman Go Studio – creating some of the most popular apps in the world, it is estimated that over half of China’s population plays mobile games.

In this article, we will provide a number of detailed mobile games statistics and insights into the China Android game market with focus on mobile games only. We will cover a number of topics, including: how many Chinese game publishers exist on the Google Play Store, how many mobile games they have released, and how Chinese mobile games have performed compared to the global average. The data is aggregated based on address, such that only major game publishers and ones with valid Chinese addresses on the Android market have been considered. Furthermore, all download statistics are estimates.

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Data Source 42matters

42matters tracks everything from mobile game meta data, to rankings, to download estimates, to changes in meta information, to SDK usage, to App-ads.txt and more. If you would like to leverage our data into your own product, research or app industry analysis, it can be obtained via our API or File Dumps or our interactive App Market Explorer.

How Many Mobile Game Publishers Are from China?

There are more than 2,121 Chinese publishers on Google Play out of all 192,540 game publishers. One of the biggest Chinese publishers are BabyBus, Badsnowball Limited, FT Games, Beetles Studio, Supersonic Studios LTD, Sixcube, ZPLAY Games, Mattel163 Limited, tap4fun, WAWOO Studio . Overall 1% of all game publishers on Google Play are from China. Find the biggest app publishers with our App Market Explorer.

Percentage
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Chinese
Publishers
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Total
Publishers

How Many Mobile Games Are from Chinese Publishers?

There are more than 8,716 games from Chinese publishers on Google Play out of the 531,664 games. Mobile Games with most downloads of Chinese publishers are Soul Knight, Sudoku - Classic Sudoku Puzzle, Giant Wanted, Crazy Hospital: Doctor Dash, Chinese Chess: CoTuong/XiangQi, Jewel Blast Dragon - No Wifi, Merge Snake !, Pop Rich Tree, Jigsawscapes - Jigsaw Puzzles, Killer Sudoku - Sudoku Puzzles . 2% of all mobile games on Google Play are from Chinese publishers. Filter for mobile games by publisher country with our tool here.

Percentage
Globally
Chinese Mobile Games
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Total Mobile Games

How Are Mobile Games from Chinese Publishers Rated?

The average rating of 8,716 games from Chinese publishers on Google Play is 3.81 out of 5 stars. This is less than the overall average rating of all mobile games of 3.93 stars. Mobile Games from Chinese publishers on Google Play have on average 8,487 ratings. This number is higher than the average number of ratings of all games, which is 6,570 ratings. Sort by the best rated game or by the game with most ratings directly in our App Market Explorer.

Average rating of
Chinese Mobile Games
3.81 stars
Average #Ratings of
Chinese Mobile Games
Average rating of
All Mobile Games
3.93 stars
Average #Ratings of
All Mobile Games

How Many Downloads Do Mobile Game from Chinese Publishers Get?

Mobile Games by Chinese publishers have an average of 1.18m downloads. Overall they get more downloads than the average of all mobile games which is 544.71k. We offer also more detailed download estimates for any app.

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Average Downloads Per Chinese Mobile Game
Average Downloads Per Mobile Game

How Do Chinese Mobile Games Monetize?

2% of games by Chinese publishers are paid. That is a lower value of paid mobile games compared to the overall games, where 4% are paid. 81% of games by Chinese publishers include ads. That is a higher value compared to the whole world, where 72% games have ads. 42% of games by Chinese publishers make use of In-App Payments to monetize. That is higher than the average of 20% of games.

Paid Mobile Games monetization paid Chinese Paid Mobile Games2% Overall Paid Mobile Games4%
Ads monetization ads Chinese Include Ads81% Overall Include Ads72%
In-App Billing monetization iap Chinese In-App Billing42% Overall In-App Billing20%

Do Chinese Mobile Games Publishers Release on both iOS and Android?

23% of games of Chinese publishers are available on both Google Play and iTunes. Overall they put more effort in publishing on both stores, compared to the average publisher with 16%. Use our iOS to Android Matching API or Android to iOS Matching API to find the same app across stores.

Chinese Mobile Games
Available on Both Stores
Overall Mobile Games
Available on Both Stores

Who Are the Top 15 Chinese Mobile Game Publishers Based on Downloads?

The following are the top publishers from China that accumulated most downloads.

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1 BabyBus

BabyBus is on position 1 of the biggest Chinese game publishers. BabyBus is a mobile gaming app developer based in China that focuses on meeting the educational needs of preschool children. Their apps are divided into two age groups, the Starter Series for toddlers and the Prodigy Series for children 3 year and older. Their goal is to make learning fun. BabyBus has published such games as Baby Panda World, Baby Panda's Care: Safety & Habits, Baby Panda's Town: Life, Baby Panda's Supermarket, and more. They own 197 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 2.88b+ times.

2.88b+
197
2 Badsnowball Limited

Badsnowball Limited is on position 2 of the biggest Chinese game publishers. They own 10 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 329.17m+ times.

329.17m+
10
3 FT Games

FT Games is on position 3 of the biggest Chinese game publishers. FT Games, which is based in Hangzhou, China, is a rising star of the mobile gaming industry. Founded in 2010, they are committed to producing high quality and innovative mobile games. FT Games has developed and published The Godfather: Family Dynasty, Zombie Frontier 3: Sniper FPS, Zombie Frontier : Sniper, Zombie Frontier 2:Survive, and more. They own 13 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 226.81m+ times.

226.81m+
13
4 Beetles Studio

Beetles Studio is on position 4 of the biggest Chinese game publishers. They own 7 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 226.13m+ times.

226.13m+
7
5 Supersonic Studios LTD

Supersonic Studios LTD is on position 5 of the biggest Chinese game publishers. They own 82 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 156.25m+ times.

156.25m+
82
6 Sixcube

Sixcube is on position 6 of the biggest Chinese game publishers. They own 28 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 153m+ times.

153m+
28
7 ZPLAY Games

ZPLAY Games is on position 7 of the biggest Chinese game publishers. They own 40 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 145.48m+ times.

145.48m+
40
8 Mattel163 Limited

Mattel163 Limited is on position 8 of the biggest Chinese game publishers. They own 6 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 137.34m+ times.

137.34m+
6
9 tap4fun

tap4fun is on position 9 of the biggest Chinese game publishers. tap4fun is a Chinese developer dedicated entirely to creating incredible online experiences for mobile devices. They were founded in 2011. tap4fun has created such apps as Kiss of War, Brutal Age: Horde Invasion, Invasion: Modern Empire, Sea Game: Mega Carrier, and more. They own 10 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 126.02m+ times.

126.02m+
10
10 WAWOO Studio

WAWOO Studio is on position 10 of the biggest Chinese game publishers. They own 11 mobile games that have been downloaded together more than 124m+ times.

124m+
11

What Are the Most Used SDKs by Chinese Mobile Game Publishers?

The following shows which SDKs are most used by China game publishers. To find out which mobile games integrate the following SDK use our App Market Explorer. We have also aggregated the worldwide Top Ad Network SDKs and other categories.

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1 sdk icon Google Firebase

76% of mobile games from Chinese publishers have Google Firebase integrated. In total 6,211 games. Firebase is a mobile and web application development platform SDK that gives app builders the ability to develop their apps faster, without worrying about infrastructure. It includes functionalities like analytics, databases, messaging and crash reporting so developers can move quickly and focus on their users.

76
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2 sdk icon Google Ads AdMob

75% of mobile games from Chinese publishers have Google Ads AdMob integrated. In total 6,112 games. Google Ads AdMob is a mobile advertising platform that enables users to monetize their mobile applications via in-app advertising. AdMob is based on the Google Mobile Ads SDK and serves over 200 billion ad requests a month, with over 1 million advertisers and 1 million apps currently running on the AdMob mobile ad network.

75
6112
3 Google Ads AdMob Mediation Adapters

75% of mobile games from Chinese publishers have Google Ads AdMob Mediation Adapters integrated. In total 6,072 games.

75
6072
4 Unity3D

59% of mobile games from Chinese publishers have Unity3D integrated. In total 4,775 games.

59
4775
5 FMOD

59% of mobile games from Chinese publishers have FMOD integrated. In total 4,772 games.

59
4772
6 sdk icon Unity Ads

43% of mobile games from Chinese publishers have Unity Ads integrated. In total 3,464 games. The Unity Ads SDK helps publishers integrate especially video advertisements, aimed at maximizing revenue and improving user experience, into their games. Unity Ads gives developers the ability to offer users a variety of rewards in exchange for watching videos, such as additional “life,” currency, score increases, etc.

43
3464
7 Android Sqlite

41% of mobile games from Chinese publishers have Android Sqlite integrated. In total 3,315 games.

41
3315
8 sdk icon Facebook

39% of mobile games from Chinese publishers have Facebook integrated. In total 3,134 games. Facebook offers an SDK that helps app developers build engaging social apps and get more installs. The SDK enables everything from powerful analytics, to Facebook’s secure login feature, to Facebook ads.

39
3134
9 sdk icon Google Mobile Ads Consent AdMob SDK

34% of mobile games from Chinese publishers have Google Mobile Ads Consent AdMob SDK integrated. In total 2,805 games. Google Mobile Ads Consent AdMob SDK was designed to support publishers in meeting the requirements outlined in the EU ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Google Mobile Ads Consent AdMob SDK provides utility functions for collecting consent from users to use their personal data, cookies, or other local storage, to serve ads.

34
2805
10 sdk icon gson

34% of mobile games from Chinese publishers have gson integrated. In total 2,735 games. Gson is a Google-developed Java library that app developers can leverage to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation, and vice versa. It works with arbitrary Java objects, including pre-existing objects of which developers do not have the source-code.

34
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What Are the Most Used Android Mobile Games Permissions by Chinese Publishers?

The following shows which android permissions are most frequently request by China mobile games publishers. Use our App Market Explorer to filter the Google Play Store by mobile games with specific permissions.

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1 Internet Access

android.permission.INTERNET makes it possible for app publishers to create network sockets and use custom network protocols within their apps. This permission is not required for internet connection however, as the mobile browser provides all apps with the ability to send data to the internet. 98% of the games from Chinese publishers use the Internet Access permission. Total 8,548 games.

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2 Network Information Access

The android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permission can be leveraged by app developers to enable their apps to view information about network connections. This information includes such things as which networks exist and which already have connections. 97% of the games from Chinese publishers use the Network Information Access permission. Total 8,417 games.

97
8417
3 Phone Sleep Mode Preventation

android.permission.WAKE_LOCK gives apps the ability to prevent the phone they are running on from going into sleep mode. This is good for apps, like YouTube, that get extended periods of engagement that do not necessarily require the user to touch the screen or otherwise interact physically with the device. 75% of the games from Chinese publishers use the Phone Sleep Mode Preventation permission. Total 6,533 games.

75
6533
4 Wifi Information Access

App publishers can leverage android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE to enable their app to view information about Wi-Fi networking. This includes whether Wi-Fi is enabled and the names of the connected Wi-Fi devices. 69% of the games from Chinese publishers use the Wifi Information Access permission. Total 5,985 games.

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5985
5 Install Referrer

Apps often advertise other apps. By leveraging com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE apps can make sure that installs of other apps launched via their ads are properly attributed. 57% of the games from Chinese publishers use the Install Referrer permission. Total 4,954 games.

57
4954
6 Billing

The com.android.vending.BILLING permission is required for the integration of billing in android applications. 54% of the games from Chinese publishers use the Billing permission. Total 4,673 games.

54
4673
7 Start At Boot Time

android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED gives apps the ability to start themselves as soon as the system it is running on has finished booting. It should be noted, however, that this can often slow down the phone start time. In addition, it can slow down the device generally by enabling the app to run constantly. 46% of the games from Chinese publishers use the Start At Boot Time permission. Total 4,016 games.

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4016
8 Write External Storage

android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE makes it possible for app developers to enable their apps to modify or delete the contents of users’ SD cards. 46% of the games from Chinese publishers use the Write External Storage permission. Total 3,969 games.

46
3969
9 Vibration

android.permission.VIBRATE makes it possible for app builders to give their apps control over the vibrating function of the devices they are running on. 42% of the games from Chinese publishers use the Vibration permission. Total 3,685 games.

42
3685
10 com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID

39% of the games from Chinese publishers use the com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID permission. Total 3,400 games.

39
3400

What Are the Top 15 Mobile Games in China?

The following shows the official Google Play mobile games top chart of China. 7% of the top games in China are from Chinese game publishers. See the full chart here.

What Are the Top 15 Mobile Games in China's Grossing Top Chart?

The following shows the official Google Play Grossing mobile games chart of China. There are no games from Chinese publishers. See the full chart here.

What Are the Top 15 Arcade Mobile Games in China's Top Chart?

The following shows the official Google Play Arcade mobile games chart of China. 7% of the top arcade games in China are from Chinese game publishers. See the full chart here.

What Are the Top 15 Highest Ranked Casual Mobile Games in China?

The following shows the official Google Play casual mobile games chart of China. There are no games from Chinese publishers. See the full chart here.

What Are the Top 15 Highest Ranked Racing Mobile Games in China?

The following shows the official Google Play racing mobile games chart of China. There are no games from Chinese publishers. See the full chart here.

What Are the Top 15 Highest Ranked Action Mobile Games in China?

The following shows the official Google Play action mobile games chart of China. 7% of the top action games in China are from Chinese game publishers. See the full chart here.

What Are the Top 15 Highest Ranked Simulation Mobile Games in China?

The following shows the official Google Play simulation mobile games chart of China. 7% of the top simulations games in China are from Chinese game publishers. See the full chart here.

What Are the Top 15 Highest Ranked Strategy Mobile Games in China?

The following shows the official Google Play stranegy mobile games chart of China. 20% of the top strategy games in China are from Chinese game publishers. See the full chart here.

Data Source 42matters

42matters tracks everything from game meta data, to rankings, to download estimates, to changes in meta information, to SDK usage, to App-ads.txt and more. If you would like to leverage our data into your own product, research or app industry analysis, it can be obtained via our API or File Dumps or our interactive App Market Explorer.

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