Terraria Mobile Sells Over 1 Million Units In China in just Three Weeks

That's a lot of land to cover in 3 weeks

505 Games has announced that its recent release, Terraria Mobile sold over 1 million units in China and topped local charts on TapTap and the iOS App Store in both the sandbox game categories in the country.

Terraria, developed by Re-Logic, ported to mobile platforms by 505’s affiliate DR Studios, and published by 505 Games globally on mobile and console platforms, is a side-scrolling action-adventure sandbox game that focuses on crafting unique items, exploring vast worlds, and battling various enemies. It blends a traditional 2D combat system with expansive crafting mechanics and randomly generated pixel worlds.

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In China, 505 Games partnered for Greater China territories with the leading mobile premium game publisher, XD Inc. After the successful launch in Mainland China, 505 Games, and XD Inc. is looking forward to next years’ release in the rest of Greater China.

“These preliminary results illustrate once again how Terraria truly is a timeless masterpiece in our industry, bringing joy to gamers in Beijing and Shanghai just like in New York and London”, said Raffi Galante, 505 Games Co-CEO and Co-Founder with his brother Rami. “This is a remarkable achievement for Terraria and our company; this confirms once again the importance of a local approach to strategy, publishing operations, and game development in China and Asia” he added.
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“The release of Terraria has once again given us a glance into the immense potential of the mobile games community, especially with Terraria garnering over 32,000 reviews on TapTap in just a few weeks,” said XD’s CEO, Dash Huang.

In order to appeal to gamers in Mainland China and stand out in the hyper-competitive local market XD Inc. dedicated production resources to officially bring the highly anticipated 1.4 updates to Chinese gamers, by enhancing localization, adding territory-specific social features, and tweaking some key art to match local tastes and preferences.

XD Inc. is also the publisher of other 505 Games mobile hits, including Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and Human: Fall Flat.