Free Fire from Garena overtook PUBG Mobile from Tencent as the top mobile Battle Royale game by player spending in India and the United States during Q1 2021, Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data shows. Garena Free Fire generated approximately $100 million in revenue during the last quarter, a nearly 4.5 times increase from the same period the year prior. That was enough to put it above PUBG Mobile for the only the second time ever in a quarter, with Tencent’s title accumulating $68 million in player spending, up more than 9 percent year-over-year. Call of Duty: Mobile from Activision rounded out the top three Battle Royale titles in 1Q21, accumulating $62 million increase of approximately 80 percent Y/Y. While the latter, developed by Tencent studio Timi, isn’t strictly a Battle Royale title, it does include such a gameplay mode. Including Call of Duty: Mobile, the Battle Royale market in the U.S. grew 42 percent Y/Y to $239 million in revenue in 1Q21. That’s despite the removal of Fortnite from Epic Games from the App Store and Google Play in August 2020. During Q1 2020, Fortnite had generated $43.6 million, but following its removal, titles like Call of Duty: Mobile and Garena Free Fire appear to be the main beneficiaries of the void in the market it created. Overall, the sub-genre accounted for close to 81 percent of Shooter genre spending in the U.S. in the last quarter, according to Sensor Tower’s Game Intelligence product.
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