Top Mobile Games with Maximum Downloads and Revenue in December 2025
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In December 2025, SocialPeta analyzed global mobile games with the maximum downloads, alongside revenue performance across the App Store and Google Play.
This report highlights how download momentum, monetization efficiency, and market dynamics intersect—offering actionable insights for mobile game publishers, marketers, and growth teams.
Overview: Maximum Downloads and Revenue Trends in December 2025
Games achieving the highest download volumes in December shared several common characteristics:
- Casual and puzzle-driven gameplay continued to dominate maximum download rankings, supported by strong UA efficiency.
- Social deduction and mini-game formats emerged as fast-growing categories, especially in emerging and mid-core markets.
- Revenue performance diverged sharply, with some high-download titles converting traffic effectively, while others focused primarily on scale.
These trends underline a key industry reality: maximum downloads do not always translate directly into maximum revenue, but they remain a critical driver of market visibility and long-term growth.
Top 20 Mobile Games by Maximum Downloads
App Store: Download Leaders
Several titles stood out for their exceptional download growth on the App Store:
- Solitaire Associations Journey reached approximately 7 million downloads in December, marking a 258% month-over-month increase and reinforcing the popularity of solitaire-based puzzle hybrids.
- Imposter Game – Fakeit surpassed 3 million downloads, becoming one of the fastest-growing social deduction games across major markets.
These titles benefited from simple mechanics, low learning curves, and strong viral appeal—key factors behind sustained maximum download performance.
Google Play: Download Leaders
On Google Play, download growth was driven by highly accessible and visually distinctive titles:
- School Party Craft entered the Top 8 download rankings with around 11 million downloads, representing a 117% month-over-month increase.
- Super Pizza Man recorded approximately 18 million downloads, maintaining growth momentum while ranking among the platform’s top titles.
Sandbox-style gameplay and exaggerated visual themes proved especially effective in driving large-scale downloads on Android markets.
Revenue Performance Among High-Download Games
While some games focused on maximizing reach, others successfully converted downloads into strong revenue performance.
App Store Revenue Highlights
- Last War: Survival topped revenue charts with approximately USD 87 million, up 3.6% month over month, demonstrating strong monetization alongside scale.
- Fate/Grand Order generated around USD 7 million, reflecting a 22.4% decline following storyline-related controversy.
- Magic Sort! reached approximately USD 6 million, driven by rapid growth in both downloads and engagement.
Google Play Revenue Highlights
- Last War: Survival Game generated over USD 70 million, increasing 6.7% month over month on a single platform.
- Seasonal content boosted Free Fire to approximately USD 19 million, a 27.2% month-over-month increase.
The evergreen hit Candy Crush Saga recorded around USD 35 million, continuing to deliver stable long-term revenue.
Key Insights: Downloads vs. Revenue
Analysis of December 2025 data reveals several strategic takeaways:
- Maximum downloads favor accessibility
- Simple mechanics, casual genres, and clear visual feedback consistently drive scale.
- Revenue requires deeper engagement loops
- High-download titles do not always monetize effectively without retention-focused systems.
- Platform differences remain significant
- Google Play rewards broad appeal and scale, while the App Store favors higher ARPU titles.
- Hybrid strategies perform best
- Games that balance mass downloads with live-ops, events, and monetization layers achieve stronger long-term results.
The global mobile games with the maximum downloads in December 2025 highlight how scale, accessibility, and smart market positioning continue to shape the industry. While download leadership does not guarantee revenue dominance, it remains a powerful indicator of user demand and growth potential.
To understand how advertising execution supports this scale, we also examined the top mobile game ad creatives and campaign trends behind December’s leading titles.
By tracking both maximum download performance and revenue outcomes, publishers can better align UA strategies with monetization goals across the App Store and Google Play.
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