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Show Pack · April 28, 2026

The State of Play · April 2026

Three games eat the world, EA owns the chart, Tomodachi tops console revenue, and Crimson Desert sticks the landing.

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Beat 01 · Cold OpenOrder · 01 / 10

Three games are eating the world.

Minecraft
All-Four ClubSandbox
Mojang Studios

Minecraft

Console rev
#9
PC rev
#14
Console MAU
#5
PC MAU
#2
Apex Legends
All-Four ClubShooter
Electronic Arts

Apex Legends

Console rev
#16
PC rev
#13
Console MAU
#10
PC MAU
#14
Host Read

Newzoo's April rankings dropped this week. Four leaderboards — console revenue, PC revenue, console MAU, PC MAU. Eighty chart slots total. And out of fifty-plus games that made any list… only three games made all four. Fortnite. Minecraft. Apex Legends.

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Beat 02 · The All-Four ClubOrder · 02 / 10

3 of 80

3/ 80
Games in every Newzoo list this month
Host Read

Three out of eighty. That's the all-four club. Fortnite is the obvious one. Minecraft is the quiet juggernaut — fifteen years old, still in everyone's top five. And Apex Legends — the chart is telling us something uncomfortable about its trajectory.

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Beat 03 · Chart EaterOrder · 03 / 10

1 in 5 chart slots belongs to EA.

APPEARANCES · 80 SLOTS
Publisher footprint, stacked by list
Host Read

Look at this. EA owns one in every five chart positions on the planet. Fifteen slots out of eighty. FC, Madden, Apex, Battlefield, Sims, UFC, skate — stacked across every list. Blizzard is in second with eight. Then it drops off a cliff. The middle class of publishing is getting squeezed.

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Beat 04 · The Strangest #1Order · 04 / 10

Tomodachi Life. On Switch. In 2026.

Console Revenue · #1
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
Nintendo · Simulation
Console rev
#01
PC rev
Console MAU
PC MAU
Host Read

The number one console game by revenue last month — globally — is Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A sequel to a 2013 Nintendo social sim. Switch only. Pokémon Pokopia is at #12 in the same chart. The Switch 2 launch window is still printing money a year out.

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Beat 05 · Whale MathOrder · 05 / 10

Marvel Rivals is a revenue story — not a minutes story.

Asymmetric performance
Marvel Rivals
NetEase Games · Shooter
Console rev
#13
PC rev
#12
Console MAU
#13
PC MAU
Host Read

Marvel Rivals is fascinating. Top-13 on revenue, both platforms. Top-13 on console MAU. But on PC MAU? Gone. That is a whale economy in plain text. Big spend per player, smaller daily active base.

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Beat 06 · The Calendar TaxOrder · 06 / 10

The live-service slow fade is real.

The fade is real
Apex Legends
Electronic Arts · Shooter
Console rev
#16
PC rev
#13
Console MAU
#10
PC MAU
#14
Host Read

Newzoo themselves flagged this — League of Legends, Rainbow Six Siege, Apex Legends — all declining. April confirms it. Apex is still in our all-four club, but look at the ranks: 16 on console revenue, 13 on PC revenue, 10 and 14 on the MAU lists. This is the calendar tax — every live service eventually pays it.

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Beat 07 · The DebutOrder · 07 / 10

Crimson Desert stuck the landing.

Debut · Revenue
Crimson Desert
Pearl Abyss · Adventure
Console rev
#07
PC rev
#06
Console MAU
PC MAU
Host Read

Pearl Abyss has been swinging at Crimson Desert for nearly a decade. First month on Newzoo: top ten on both revenue charts. It's not on the MAU lists yet — single-player adventure games don't usually get there. The question is whether they have the post-launch content engine to keep it in the conversation.

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Beat 08 · The Missing HalfOrder · 08 / 10

Everything we just showed you is half the picture.

$103B · 55%
Mobile · larger than PC + console combined
Host Read

Quick reality check. The four lists we just spent six minutes on — that's PC and console. Together: about $86 billion of the global market last year. Mobile alone? $103 billion. When we say Fortnite is one of three games eating the world… we mean the premium world.

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Beat 09 · Two WorldsOrder · 09 / 10

PC plays shooters. Console plays sports.

PC · MAU
Genre share
Shooter 9Battle Arena 3Sandbox 2Role Playing 2Simulation 1Sports 1Card Battle 1Adventure 1
Console · MAU
Genre share
Shooter 8Sports 6Sandbox 2Adventure 2Racing 1Fighting 1
Host Read

Side by side. PC MAU — eight shooters and two battle arenas in the top 20. Console MAU — five EA sports games, Minecraft, ROBLOX, GTA. Same hardware generation, completely different player.

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Beat 10 · Close & CTAOrder · 10 / 10

The chart only moves one way.

Recap · Today's Beats
  • 013 games made all four lists
  • 02Fortnite · Minecraft · Apex Legends
  • 03EA owns 15 of 80 chart slots
  • 04Tomodachi Life is the #1 console rev game
  • 05Marvel Rivals: $$$ without minutes
  • 06Live-service slow fade is real
  • 07Crimson Desert nailed the debut
  • 08Mobile is the bigger half (~55%)
  • 09PC plays shooters. Console plays sports.
  • 10May numbers drop next month
Host Read

Quick recap. Three games own the world. EA owns the publishing chart. Nintendo's Switch tail is louder than anyone said. Marvel Rivals is a whale story. Live service is fading except where it isn't. Crimson Desert nailed the landing. Mobile is bigger than everything we just showed you. That's April 2026.

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