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STORE INTELLIGENCE · CRAIG CHAPPLE · JUNE 2021
Top Mobile Games Worldwide for May 2021 by Downloads
See the top mobile games worldwide for May 2021 by downloads, according to Sensor Tower data.
Hair Challenge from Zynga-owned Rollic Games was the most downloaded mobile game worldwide for May 2021 with 36.5 million installs. The countries with the most installs of the game during this period were India at 22.4 percent of its total downloads and Brazil at 7.5 percent. The full top 10 ranking of mobile games worldwide by downloads for May 2021 is above. Game download estimates are from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.
Bridge Race from Supersonic Studios was the second most installed mobile game worldwide last month with 32.3 million installs. The countries with the largest number of Bridge Race installs were India at 18.5 percent, followed by Brazil at 8 percent. Paper Fold from Good Job Games, Ludo King from Gametion, and Garena Free Fire from Garena rounded out the top five most installed mobile games worldwide for the month.
Fashion games continue to rise in popularity, with three of the top 10 most downloaded titles, Hair Challenge, High Heels from Zynga, and Makeover Run from Moonee, utilizing the theme, generating approximately 65 million installs combined in May. Meanwhile, Project Makeover from Magic Tavern, another Fashion-themed title, ranked No. 4 for App Store game downloads last month, accumulating more than 4 million installs.
Want to see how the rankings compared to the previous month? Check out the Top Mobile Games Worldwide for April 2021 by Downloads here.
Store Intelligence users can see app download estimates for the above apps in addition to historical performance metrics on the Sensor Tower platform. Game Intelligence users are able to explore a unique taxonomy covering mobile gaming’s most popular and highest earning titles to surface emerging subgenres and themes, including Fashion. Our estimates include downloads for the App Store and Google Play worldwide between May 1, 2021 and May 31, 2021. Apple apps and Google pre-installed apps are excluded. We report unique installs only. Android estimates do not include third-party stores. Figures represent aggregate installs of all app versions, ex: Facebook and Facebook Lite.
