Sensor Tower: High-density operation activities leveraged players' consumption and continued to grow in revenue from Chinese mobile games that successfully went overseas in November

The Zhitong Finance App learned that the Sensor Tower store intelligence platform released the revenue and download rankings of Chinese mobile game products in overseas markets for November 2025. According to data from the Sensor Tower application performance insight and operational activity insight platform, mobile games around November 2025 generally seize key holiday windows such as Halloween, Black Friday, and Thanksgiving, effectively leverage player consumption through high-density operational activities and drive revenue to continue to rise.

The leading interactive products “Whiteout Survival” and “Kingshot” continue to dominate the top and runner-up of the overseas mobile game revenue list. “Whiteout Survival” continues to ignite the enthusiasm of players around the world through the Halloween event at the end of October, the Thanksgiving event in late November, and the “Frostdragon Tyrant” league competition during the period, and has steadily secured the top spot in the November revenue list.

“Kingshot” is on the “Double Eleven” promotion “Double 11 Choice Packs Await!” Also, driven by strong Thanksgiving activities, it has steadily ranked 2nd in the revenue list.

In November, Lemon WeChat's “Gossip Harbor” launched the Thanksgiving event “Turkey-tastic Times” and the New Year's card collection event “As The Clock Turn”, which continued to bring new experiences to players, so that the game maintained steady revenue growth, once again ranked third in the revenue list, and steadily ranked the top of the global synthetic track revenue.

Florere Game's post-apocalyptic survival strategy mobile game “Last Z: Survival Shooter” leverages the unique advantages of combining SLG's high user stickiness and long life cycle overseas with a variety of gameplay methods such as unique dodge shooting and shelter construction. Since its launch, the game has continued to maintain a strong growth momentum, especially in core markets such as the strategically important US. According to Sensor Tower data, game revenue once again achieved an 11% increase in November, ranking 4th in the revenue list and 2nd in the growth list. As of December 6, cumulative global revenue exceeded 400 million US dollars. The US (42%) and South Korea (16%) are the two core engines of its global revenue.

On November 5, Miha Tour's “Collapse: Star Dome Railway” ushered in a major update of the 3.7 version, “Becoming Yesterday's Tomorrow”. With the launch of the new final story “Omphalos”, the popular 5-star character “Xian” and the launch of an exclusive Star Travel customization, and the “Currency War · Zero-sum Game” gameplay and the unlocking of new maps, it landed the top of the global mobile game bestselling list on the same day. The game's overseas revenue surged 130%, topping the growth list, while the revenue ranking jumped 10 places to 6th place.

“Tasty Travels: Merge Game” launched a new album collection campaign “New Album: Winter Tales” in November, the Thanksgiving event, and the Black Friday event “Checkout Rush”, which repeatedly set new daily sales records. This issue's revenue increased 10%, ranking 17th on the list.

The cooking-themed synthetic mobile game “Flambé: Merge & Cook” saw a 20% increase in revenue this month, reaching a record high. The ranking was further raised 4 places to 22nd place in the revenue list. This is mainly due to the launch of a series of operating events, including the Halloween event at the end of October, the Black Friday Frenzy event in late November, and the Thanksgiving event.

On November 21, the new 3D ARPG mobile game “BLEACH: Soul Resonance” (English: BLEACH: Soul Resonance), launched in the morning and evening by ByteDance, was officially launched globally. This new game, which was developed in depth based on the classic anime IP “BLEACH Realm” (Grim Reaper), focuses on a high-quality combat experience and an immersive restoration of the original worldview, quickly attracting the attention of players around the world. On the first day of its launch, “Dawn of the Border” reached the top of the iOS mobile game download list in multiple markets such as China, the US, France, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. After only 10 days of launch, it strongly ranked 5th in the November mobile game revenue growth list, becoming a new underdog this month.

Hikawa Network's SLG mobile game “X-Clash” surged 200% in November in revenue and debuted 6th in the growth list. With SLG town construction as the core, the game innovatively integrates various popular side games such as “Digital Gate” and “Save the Dog Head”. With its differentiated gameplay integration and accurate advertising strategies, the game performed brilliantly in many overseas markets. As of December 6, the game's cumulative revenue collection exceeded 10 million US dollars. Among them, the US is the highest-grossing market, contributing more than 68% of total global revenue.

Lingxi Mutual Entertainment's new strategic mobile game “Nobunaga's Ambition: True Battle” officially landed in the Chinese, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau markets in mid-late November. This licensed game, based on Glorious Tecumo's classic IP “Nobunaga's Ambition: Rebirth”, is set in the Japanese Warring States period and deeply restores famous historical generals, forces, and geographical layout. It focuses on the core gameplay of multiplayer strategic confrontation, alliance collaboration, resource management, and real-time siege. Since its launch, the game has continued to maintain stable monetization capabilities in the Chinese, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau markets, drawing on the strong market appeal and deep strategic experience of the original IP, and was ranked 9th in the November growth list for the first time.

In addition, new games that first entered this edition's growth list include the RPG “Lootfiend: Idle Dungeons,” the grass-cutting RPG “The Blue Planet: The King is Busy,” the MMORPG “Open Sky,” and the hybrid action RPG “Duet Night Abyss” (Chinese: Double Helix).

Hungry Studio elimination mobile game “Block Blast!” The number of downloads rose 4% month-on-month in November, setting a new record for the highest number since launch, ranking first in this month's overseas mobile game download list.

The Glacier Network (300533.SZ) strategy mobile game “X-Clash” finished runner-up in the November download list, with a cumulative total of nearly 35 million downloads.

The number of downloads of Mu Tong Technology's “Mobile Legends: Bang Bang” increased 5% month-on-month, ranking 3rd in the Outbound mobile game download list.