The “Genshin Killer” game Wuthering Waves reached 6 million downloads in five days and earned $10 million

Within five days of its release, the free action RPG Wuthering Waves was downloaded by over 6 million players, according to data from the analytical service AppMagic.

The greatest interest in the new game came from gamers in China and the USA (with over 1 million downloads in each country), as well as from Indonesia and Japan. Despite the lack of Russian localization, Russia took fifth place, with over 200 thousand users downloading Wuthering Waves.

The gacha game by Kuro Games, previously known as the “Genshin Impact killer” before its release, showed promising results compared to the market leader: within the same five days after its release, Genshin was downloaded 6.7 million times.

However, Wuthering Waves earned around $10 million, while Genshin Impact earned around $67 million. This difference in revenue may be attributed to a less strict monetization system, allowing players to immediately obtain three legendary characters out of seven.