Genshin Impact vs Plague Inc.
Genshin Impact
COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD.
App Store
$9.98M/mo
~$119.75M/yr · 86.2M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
Revenue winner
Genshin Impact wins
+1425% vs other
Installs winner
Genshin Impact wins
+248% vs other
MAU winner
Genshin Impact wins
+123% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+14% vs other
Why Genshin Impact is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Genshin Impact earns roughly 15× more per month than Plague Inc. - $9.98M vs $654.3K.
- Subscription model. Genshin Impact runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Genshin Impact has ~86.2M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.8M - 3.5× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Genshin Impact ranks #96 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Genshin Impact
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$9.98M
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$654.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$119.75M
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$7.85M
Lifetime installs (est.)
86.2M
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24.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
8.4M
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3.7M
App Store rating
4.23★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
574K
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165K
US grossing rank
#96
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Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 26, 2020
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 3.28 GB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 6.7.0
- Languages
- English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese +9 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- May 26, 2012
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 123.6 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.24.4
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +8 more
Genshin Impact trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Genshin Impact or Plague Inc.? v
Genshin Impact earns about $9.98M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K. That is a 15.3× revenue gap (~$9.32M more per month for Genshin Impact). Annual revenue: Genshin Impact ≈ $119.75M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Genshin Impact or Plague Inc.? v
Genshin Impact leads with about 86.2M estimated downloads vs 24.8M for Plague Inc. - a 3.5× gap. Genshin Impact's App Store downloads are estimated from 574K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings.
Are Genshin Impact and Plague Inc. 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 Genshin Impact and Plague Inc. offer? v
Genshin Impact: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Genshin Impact runs a "Free game · whale-driven IAP economy (~$1.50/MAU)" monetization model; Plague Inc. runs "Paid app ($0.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Genshin Impact or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Genshin Impact 574K ratings, Plague Inc. 165K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Genshin Impact vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $9.98M for Genshin Impact and $654.3K for Plague Inc. 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 Genshin Impact or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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