Sensor Tower: Mobile battle royale games have brought in over $2 billion in less than 2 years

Here’s two billion reasons why mobile game publishers have been so aggressive about getting into the battle royale market, according to mobile market research firm Sensor Tower. It’s found that battle royale games have brought in more than $2 billion in less than two years on iOS and Android.

Fortnite may be a phenomenon, but it’s not the leader on mobile. Knives Out, a game from Chinese publisher NetEase, is the leader at more than an estimated $643 million global spending since its November 2017 launch. But it’s important to note that Fortnite isn’t on Google Play — publisher Epic Games offers its own Android launcher for this outside the Play store — and Fortnite isn’t in China. This is why Epic’s battle royale is No. 2 at $630 million in Sensor Tower’s estimates. PUBG Mobile comes in third at $439 million, with Garena Free Fire at fourth with $253 million and Rules of Survival at $97 million.