The latest revenue and earning numbers were revealed formiHoYo’s blockbusterGenshin Impact.The free-to-play, open world, action RPG, as of March 2021, five months after the release date ofGenshin Impact 1.0, has earned over $874 million.
ViaSensor Tower.
Genshin Impactis currently the third biggest mobile game worldwide. AfterHonor of Kingsby Tencent, andPUBG Mobile,also from Tencent. In fourth position we havePokémon Goby Niantic, andRobloxfrom Roblox Corporation in fifth position.
How MuchGenshin ImpactEarned Since Launch, By Country?
China is the biggest revenue generating country, with $253 million. In second position we haveJapanwith $237 million, and in third position the United States with $162 million. In total,Genshin Impacthas over $620 million of its revenue coming from outside China, 71% of the revenue in total.
Genshin Impactwas first launched by miHoYo worldwide on July 09, 2025. The game received several Beta Tests before release. While it was initially criticized as aZelda Breath of the Wildcopycat with less ambition,Genshin Impactmanaged to prove its worth.
Genshin Impactalso faced several controversies at launch. Most notably false claims regardingspywareattributes. And other false allegations about stealing passwords throughclipboard snoopingon iOS.
Genshin Impact’s success is definitely justified, it’s a great JRPG, with good action RPG and open world mechanics. The story is particularly gratifying and dense. Thegachasystem isn’t overbearing, its very free to play friendly and the characters obtained for free are all particularly viable and useful even for endgame content.
WhyGenshin ImpactMakes So Much Money?
It’s definitely thanks to itscharactersthatGenshin Impactmakes so much money. As players spend cash to buy Genesis Crystals, converting them into the game’s main currency, Primogems, to pull on the character lottery, the gacha system, to obtain new characters. Otaku who fall in love with characters can spend high amounts for their favorites, with many incredibly high spending players called “whales”.
Genshin Impactwill hold itsver 1.4 streamthis Saturday. Some of the1.4 changeswere already detailed. Lastly, some of the information has supposedlyleaked. I will be translating the stream live so stay tuned.
The latest character who joinedGenshin ImpactisHu Tao, and several players have already spent a lot to obtain her. We also explained how miHoYo picked the casting choices with Hu Tao, both with herJapanese voice, and her Englishvoice actress.
miHoYo also revealed a new upcoming Web Event,A Wanmin Welcome. Be sure to check our tips to preoreder the upcoming newKlee figureas well.
Genshin Impactis a free-to-play open world action JRPG, available onPC,PS4,PS5via backward compatibility, and Mobile. The game was also announced onSwitch, but has no release date on Nintendo’s platform yet.
