Top 10 Midcore Games by IAP Revenue in Q1 2026

Today’s spotlight is on the Midcore genre, with the Top 10 welcoming a new contender this quarter — MapleStory: Idle RPG. The game peaked at $47M monthly revenue just three months post-launch, before cooling to $37M in March.

As of April, it leads the Idle RPG genre by revenue. It also became the top-grossing MapleStory title in Nexon’s portfolio — and the highest-grossing game overall for the company in March 2026 🤯

Four more titles showed strong growth this quarter:

✨ Honor of Kings returned to №1 after a December 2025 dip, hitting a new all-time high of $188M monthly revenue.

✨ PUBG Mobile rebounded from its October dip, growing 128% QoQ, driven by a major 8th anniversary update.

✨ Delta Force also recovered after December, peaking at $59M in February before returning closer to December levels in March — partly driven by rising shooter demand in China, its key market.

✨ Kingshot continues to hold strong at $80M monthly revenue, with a slight dip to $72M in February. As of March, it remains 35% behind 4X leader Last War: Survival.

Find out how MapleStory: Idle RPG achieved its success in our latest article.