Top mobile gaming apps of January 2025
Mobile gaming’s January top charts are dominated by a mix of hyper-casual, social, and competitive titles, driven by high engagement and retention metrics. Block Blast! leads with a massive 32.5M featuring score, showing the enduring appeal of puzzle-based casual games optimized for long play sessions. Roblox, with a 23.3M featuring score, remains a UGC powerhouse, leveraging its deep creator ecosystem to sustain high DAUs and in-app purchases.
Cat Chaos: Prankster is the surprise breakout, securing 18.7M featuring score, signaling strong demand for fast-paced multiplayer action with social hooks. Subway Surfers, despite being over a decade old, maintains a 15.1M featuring score, thanks to frequent updates and regional events driving engagement.
Battle royale stays relevant, with Free Fire x NARUTO SHIPPUDEN (14.6M) and Free Fire MAX (12.6M) proving that IP collaborations and graphical upgrades keep audiences engaged. 8 Ball Pool (11.6M) and Ludo King® (11.4M) highlight the resilience of online competitive casual games. Meanwhile, My Talking Tom 2 (11.5M) continues Outfit7’s stronghold in the virtual pet space, and Pizza Ready! (11.2M) rides the rising popularity of time-management sims.
This, along with the latest trending games, including both rising stars and declining titles, in our round up below.
Top 10 Free Games
Based on highest downloads:
Top 10 Grossing Mobile Games
Based on highest revenue - estimated IAP revenue by platform fees and taxes:
Top Featured Mobile Games
Featuring score - quantifying the efficiency of an app’s featuring. This metric takes into account the store and the country of featuring, the placement of featuring, and the number of days that has passed from the start of featuring:
Top Trending Mobile Games - Gainers
Top Free
The green line shows the app's performance in the Top Charts over November - the left side indicates the starting position, and the right indicates its current position:
Top Grossing
Revenue indicates IAP revenue reduced by platform fees and inclusive taxes:
Top Trending Mobile Games - Losers
Top Free
Top Grossing
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