However, according to Sensor tower, Japanese players accounted for 89 per cent of the $8 million brought inon the iOS App Store outside of China.

Knives Out has proven to be especially prevalent in the Japanese market where 96 per cent of the game's overseas iOS revenue came from for February. The Chinese publisher’s pair of battle royale titles have also enjoyed success outside of their main Chinese market with 30 per cent of revenues for the two titles reportedly coming from other countries. Rules of Survival was released in November and has sustained an interest within its player base with the introduction of the Terminator 2 International Super League competitive tournament which will have a prize pool of $855,000. NetEase’s other battle royale title Rules of Survival has also enjoyed success with over 25 million MAUs for January. NetEase originally launched the game in November 2017 and has reaped the benefits of getting Knives Out on the market first, racking up more than 50 million MAUs in January. Chinese publisher NetEase’s Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds clone Knives Out pulled in more than 50 million monthly actives users in January.Īccording to a report by Newzoo, Knives Out has proven to be the most popular battle royale title released on android and iOS to date.

Rules of survival vs knives out