The latest Gacha revenue chart for September is out, and it is full of surprises, and a couple of quite brutal drops for a few games.
Here is the top 15 for you:
Keep in mind that this chart reflects mobile revenue estimates from SensorTower. PC and console earnings are not included. On top of that, Android revenue for China is estimated using a multiplier based on iOS data. The numbers are accurate at the time of posting, but may be adjusted by SensorTower in the coming days. So just keep in mind that it does not include all incomes the games made.
Love and Deepspace – Still Unstoppable
At this point, Love and Deepspace living at the top is basically tradition. The game pulled in $53.4M this month, proving again that romance and pretty boys is an endless money printer.
It does prove to HoYoverse that they do not have to release male characters as basic 4-Stars, they could do great with them, if they would just put the effort in like Love and Deepspace does.
Everyone is still mourning Manato at this point.
Genshin Impact – Nod-Krai Saves the Day
Genshin absolutely exploded in September, jumping from $27.7M to $41.5M. The credit clearly goes to the Nod-Krai patch. Many are calling it “the best update in years“. New region hype, strong characters, and cool content made it impossible to skip.
The effort was clearly put in, and it does live up to the hype! With even more incredible characters coming, the game might even rise to the top 1 in October or November!
Honkai: Star Rail – Evernight Delivers
Honkai: Star Rail also surged back up, climbing to $37.5M after a quieter August. The release of Evernight definitely helped keep the game comfortably in the top 3.
Zenless Zone Zero – The Painful Drop
Meanwhile… Zenless Zone Zero took one of the hardest hits on the chart. Dropping from $15.9M to $10.8M, it slid all the way down to 15th place.
Why? Honestly, the banners.
- Seed was another Electric attacker (yawn), already an oversaturated element. Cool robot theme, but neither waifu fans nor mecha fans seemed impressed.
- Orphie ended up as a super niche Aftershock support… with basically no real team to shine in. Fire and Electric synergy just was not there, and even Seed did not fully use her kit.
Combine that with weaker events and other HoYoverse games releasing major patches at the same time, players just spent their money elsewhere.
Other Games
- Pokémon TCG Pocket fell hard as well, dropping from $53M to $23M, which is most likely due to a lack of hype overall for the game.
- Uma Musume also went down, now at $22.6M.
- On the other side, Wuthering Waves had a nice rebound from $14.8M to $21.9M, and Nikke quietly climbed to $18.4M.
- Biggest glow-up goes to Destiny: Rising, climbing up 42 spots after pulling in $11.1M!
September hit some games harder than others, and unless Zenless Zone Zero lands a hype banner soon, it risks slipping below rank 15, forced to watch its siblings dominate the top.
