Top 10 Grossing Casual Games H1 2026: Match-3 Domination

As you probably guessed from the title, the Casual market is still ruled by Match-3, accounting for 22% of total revenue. Have a look at the top 10 grossing Casual games — five of them are Match-3 titles.

Royal Match's leading position confirms it, despite the game's 18% YoY decline. Dream Games' second hit, Royal Kingdom, grew 188%, boosting the publisher’s portfolio revenue. What's more, Royal Kingdom has already outpaced its predecessor over the same period after each game’s global launch, generating $553M compared with Royal Match’s $507M back in the day 🤯

Candy Crush Saga remained remarkably stable, but still slipped one position to make room for Gossip Harbor: Merge & Story. The game grew 157% YoY, becoming one of the key drivers behind the Merge-2 market, which nearly doubled to $1.2B in H1 2026. Gossip Harbor also crossed the $100M monthly revenue milestone for the first time this quarter 🚀

Playrix continues to hold two spots in the top 10, with Gardenscapes remaining flat and Homescapes growing 8% YoY. Fishdom came close to securing a third spot, finishing just outside the ranking in 11th place.

The two Coin Looter representatives followed the genre’s 11% YoY decline. Monopoly GO! was down 20% YoY, while Coin Master declined 12%. However, there’s a catch: the revenue didn’t disappear — it just moved outside the stores. Looking at IAP and D2C combined, their performance was much more stable!

Learn more about leading Casual titles and genre dynamics in our Casual Games Report H1 2026.