Hitman: Absolution vs Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition

Hitman: Absolution

Feral Interactive
Google Play
$7.4K/mo
~$89.1K/yr · 41K installs
VS

Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition

NEKKI
Google Play
$111.4K/mo
~$1.34M/yr · 1.9M installs
Revenue winner Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition wins +1400% vs other
Installs winner Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition wins +4406% vs other
MAU winner Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition wins +2134% vs other
Rating winner Hitman: Absolution wins +3% vs other

Why Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition earns roughly 15× more per month than Hitman: Absolution - $111.4K vs $7.4K.
  2. Subscription model. Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition runs a $7.67/mo subscription that compounds; Hitman: Absolution relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition has ~1.9M lifetime installs vs Hitman: Absolution's ~41K - 45.1× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Hitman: Absolution
vs
Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$7.4K
$111.4K
Annual revenue (est.)
$89.1K
$1.34M
Lifetime installs (est.)
41K
1.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
5K
110K
App Store rating
4.75★
4.60★
Total ratings
5K
91K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$7.67
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers

Hitman: Absolution

Feral Interactive
Google Play
Category
Action
Price
USD14.99
Released
Oct 13, 2025
Last updated
Mar 2, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Mature 17+
Version
1.2.4RC1
Languages
-
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Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition

NEKKI
Google Play
Category
Action
Price
USD4.99
Released
Aug 17, 2017
Last updated
Mar 30, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
3.0.2
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Hitman: Absolution or Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition? v
Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition earns about $111.4K per month, while Hitman: Absolution earns about $7.4K. That is a 15.0× revenue gap (~$104.0K more per month for Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition). Annual revenue: Hitman: Absolution ≈ $89.1K/year, Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition ≈ $1.34M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Hitman: Absolution or Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition? v
Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition leads with about 1.9M estimated downloads vs 41K for Hitman: Absolution - a 45.1× gap. Hitman: Absolution reports 10,000+ installs on Google Play. Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition reports 1,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Hitman: Absolution and Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Action 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 Hitman: Absolution and Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition offer? v
Hitman: Absolution: no IAP detected on the public listing. Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition: IAP range $0.49 - $119.99 per item. Hitman: Absolution runs a "Paid app ($14.99)" monetization model; Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition runs "Paid app ($4.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Hitman: Absolution or Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition? v
Hitman: Absolution edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Hitman: Absolution 184 ratings, Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition 5K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Hitman: Absolution vs Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $7.4K for Hitman: Absolution and $111.4K for Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Action) - 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 Hitman: Absolution or Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition to a different Google Play app? v
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