If there is any game millions of people are currently talking about, it is none other than Among Us. The online multiplayer social deduction game was released in 2018 but it became a massive hit in 2020. Developed and published by InnerSloth, Among Us has charted yet another milestone of having topped the list of the most downloaded mobile games in 2020.
Among Us has become the most downloaded mobile game in 2020 so far, overtaking massively popular battle royal games, PUBG Mobile and Garena Free Fire. The shocking thing is that PUBG Mobile is nowhere to be seen in the list of the top 5 most downloaded mobile games right now.
The hugely popular battle royale game, PUBG Mobile, received a jolt on September 2, when the Government of Indian announced to ban PUBG Mobile and other 117 other Chinese Apps in India under Section 69A of the IT Act.
Earlier, Sensor Tower reported that India constitutes 185.5 million, or 24 per cent of PUBG Mobile’s total downloads, which is the highest in the world.
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According to the report, installs of mobile games increased by almost 28 per cent year on year last quarter to 14.2 billion in Q3 across both the app stores.
Sensor Tower has also reported that Among US has topped the charts in downloads for the third quarter. The viral online multiplayer game has witnessed installs more than 14 times what it registered in the third quarter of the last year.
As per the report, Among Us registered more than 85 million downloads between August and September on mobile devices. The second and third position in the list of most downloaded video games is Scribble Rider and Talking Tom Friends respectively.
When it comes to battle royale games, it is Garena Free Fire only which has managed to retain its position in the list of most downloaded mobile games in 2020. Notably, Free Fire has also witnessed a five per cent decline in its install this year.
Top 10 Most Downloaded Mobile Games in 2020 So Far
- Among Us
- Scribble Rider
- Talking Tom Friends
- Subway Surfers
- Garena Free Fire
- Cube Surfer
- Stake Colors
- Tie-Dye
- Ludo King
- PUBG Mobile