June has been an interesting month in regards to mobile game downloads. Despite the heavy criticism coming from longtime fans, Diablo Immortal was the most downloaded game on App Store. On top of that, Activision Blizzard’s newest title made it to Sensor Tower’s top 10 most downloaded games list for June 2022.
The backlash of fans was and is a major handicap for the latest Diablo entry, but it’s not the only one. The game had a rough time in China due to having a delayed lunch, and it didn’t even release in the Netherlands and Belgium, because loot boxes are banned in these countries unless they meet certain regulations.
The charts show another interesting rise in Kitka Games’ Stumble Guys. The Fall Guys clone has been around for some time, but only recently started to make waves. In its lifetime, Stumble Guys was downloaded over 160 million times and brought the company over $21 million in revenue.
Quite a number of hyper-casual games catch the eyes as well such as Bridge Race, Dessert DIY, Fill The Fridge, and a few others. Make sure to check out the top 10 most downloaded hyper-casual games of Q2 2022, if you’re interested in seeing how hyper-casual games are doing in 2022 so far.
Subway Surfers holds on to the throne
Denmark-based SYBO’s endless runner was the most downloaded mobile game across the world in June 2022 with over 26 million installs. The game saw a 63.5% increase in downloads compared to June 2021.
In the 30-day period, Subway Surfers was downloaded the most by Indian gamers with nearly 15%, followed by the United States at 10.2%. Sybo Games have been doing so well that Masomo’s owner Miniclip decided to fully acquire the studio, adding the games of the developer to its portfolio.
The year-over-year performance for the global mobile games market saw an increase of 2.2% as well, and India again ranked first in terms of total downloads with about 845 million times. The US took second place and Brazil third.
You may also want to check out Sensor Tower’s highest-earning mobile games for June 2022 report.
