Hearthstone on Android cracks the top-grossing charts despite limited availability

Publisher Blizzard’s free-to-play card battler finally made its way to Android tablets last week, and that opened the game up to a whole new audience.

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is the 25th highest-grossing game on Android for all of Finland, according to App Annie. That’s despite the fact that the game is only available on tablets running Google’s mobile operating system and not phones. The game has shot into the top 100 highest-grossing apps in 19 countries. That includes important markets like Canada (56) and United Kingdom (92). Hearthstone has moved up to No. 89 on the highest-grossing charts in the United States on Google Play’s chart. Analysts expect the mobile market to generated $21 billion this year, and Hearthstone has the potential to capture a significant portion of that by selling card packs and other in-game items.