Sensor Tower estimates show Destiny Rising’s mobile revenue fell 65% in October 2025, even after launching in China mid-month.
Destiny Rising, the mobile looter-shooter spin-off from NetEase in partnership with Bungie, has been out for over two months now. Set in an alternate universe, the gacha title offers pretty much everything you’d expect in the main Destiny game, raids, strikes, PvP, and even fan-favorite modes like fishing, Sparrow racing, and a full photo mode. It’s basically the mobile “what if Bungie actually added all those features Destiny 2 players have wanted for years.”
That’s exactly why the game’s launch was met with so much praise. Longtime Destiny fans, many of whom were skeptical at first, were impressed by how many features the game launched with that are missing from Destiny 2.
But even with a warm reception from the core community, the latest data suggests things might be slowing down on the business side, at least for now.
Destiny Rising’s revenue reportedly dropped 65% in October
According to data aggregated from Sensor Tower (via Gacha Revenue), Destiny Rising’s mobile earnings took a sharp drop last month, following two strong months after its August 28 global launch. According to the data, Destiny Rising generated about $3.86 million in mobile revenue for the month of October 2025, a 65% drop from the month before.
We’ve compiled the estimated revenue and downloads for Destiny Rising month-to-month, which you can find below:
- August 2025: $2.03 million revenue, 732,000 downloads
- September 2025: $11.13 million revenue, 1.81 million downloads
- October 2025: $3.86 million revenue, 602,000 downloads
Destiny Rising’s mobile launch started fairly small in August 2025, pulling in roughly $2,032,000 in estimated revenue from about 732,000 downloads during the last few days of its debut month.
Then came a huge surge in September 2025. According to Sensor Tower estimates, monthly earnings jumped to $11,130,000 on 1,815,000 downloads, that’s a 447% increase in revenue and a 147% jump in downloads compared to August. The September spike reflects the game’s first full month on the market, helped by post-launch events, marketing pushes, and strong word of mouth from Destiny 2 fans.
By October 2025, the early momentum slowed. Revenue dropped to about $3,855,000, while downloads fell to 602,000. That’s a 65% decline in revenue and a 67% drop in new installs from the previous month. Even with that cooldown, Destiny Rising has now reached around $17 million total revenue across roughly 3.1 million downloads since launch.
Sensor Tower’s October 2025 revenue breakdown for Destiny Rising shows that:
- Global regions (outside China) made around $3 million.
- Mainland China contributed about $825,000. (roughly 21% of the month’s total)
- Hong Kong/Taiwan/Macau added another ~$30,000.
It’s also worth mentioning that Destiny Rising officially launched in mainland China on October 16, 2025. In just about two weeks, the game generated nearly $1 million in revenue from the region. However, it’s important to note that these figures are market estimates based on Sensor Tower data, they’re not official revenue numbers reported by NetEase.
NetEase is already teasing its next big update, Season 2: Season of the Moor, introducing a new Void character named Maru.
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