Arcaea vs Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv.
Arcaea
lowiro
App Store
$172.7K/mo
~$2.07M/yr · 2.7M installs
VS
Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv.
KURO GAMES
App Store
$379.7K/mo
~$4.56M/yr · 5.9M installs
Revenue winner
Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. wins
+120% vs other
Installs winner
Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. wins
+121% vs other
MAU winner
Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. wins
+119% vs other
Rating winner
Arcaea wins
+4% vs other
Why Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. earns roughly 2× more per month than Arcaea - $379.7K vs $172.7K.
- Subscription model. Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Arcaea relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. has ~5.9M lifetime installs vs Arcaea's ~2.7M - 2.2× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 3 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Arcaea
vs
Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$172.7K
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$379.7K
Annual revenue (est.)
$2.07M
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$4.56M
Lifetime installs (est.)
2.7M
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5.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
538K
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1.2M
App Store rating
4.82★
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4.63★
Total ratings
24K
▶
54K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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$9.99
IAP tiers detected
3 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 9, 2017
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 961.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 6.14.1
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Chinese
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 21, 2024
- Last updated
- May 8, 2026
- File size
- 3.50 GB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 3.3.1
- Languages
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese +3 more
Arcaea trajectory
Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Arcaea or Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv.? v
Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. earns about $379.7K per month, while Arcaea earns about $172.7K. That is a 2.2× revenue gap (~$207.0K more per month for Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv.). Annual revenue: Arcaea ≈ $2.07M/year, Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. ≈ $4.56M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Arcaea or Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv.? v
Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. leads with about 5.9M estimated downloads vs 2.7M for Arcaea - a 2.2× gap. Arcaea's App Store downloads are estimated from 24K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 54K ratings.
Are Arcaea and Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Arcaea and Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. offer? v
Arcaea: IAP range 3 tiers detected. Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Arcaea runs a "Free + one-time IAP (3 tiers)" monetization model; Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. runs "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Arcaea or Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv.? v
Arcaea edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Arcaea 24K ratings, Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. 54K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Arcaea vs Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $172.7K for Arcaea and $379.7K for Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Arcaea or Wuthering Waves - 2nd Anniv. to a different App Store app? v
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