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Top Shooter Games in UAE: Q3 2025 Performance

Discover the performance trends of the top shooter games in the UAE during Q3 2025, with insights into downloads, revenue, and active users from Sensor Tower.

Top Shooter Games in UAE: Q3 2025 Performance

In the third quarter of 2025, the top shooter games in the United Arab Emirates showed varied performance across downloads, revenue, and active user metrics. Here's a closer look at how these applications fared on a unified platform, with data sourced from Sensor Tower.

PUBG MOBILE from Tencent Mobile International Limited witnessed a notable peak in weekly revenue, reaching approximately $414K by late July. Downloads saw an upward trend mid-quarter, peaking at 26.2K in early September, while active users fluctuated, peaking at 320.7K in late July before gradually declining to 263K by the end of September.

Call of Duty®: Mobile by Activision Publishing, Inc., experienced a diverse revenue pattern with a high of $111K at the beginning of the quarter, stabilizing around $89K towards the end. Downloads started strong at 6.7K but tapered off to 2.7K by the end of September. Active users remained relatively stable, ending the quarter at 82.8K.

Free Fire x NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, from GARENA INTERNATIONAL I PRIVATE LIMITED, showed a steady increase in downloads, reaching 22.5K by the end of September. Revenue trends were varied, with a high of $50.5K at the start of the quarter, declining to $25K by the end. Active users peaked at 160.5K in late July but saw a decrease to 119.4K by the quarter's close.

Destiny: Rising, released by NETEASE INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT PTE. LTD, had a brief but notable launch period. Weekly revenue started at $9.5K and saw a peak of $14.6K in early September. Downloads began at 1.8K, dropping to 252 by the end of the quarter, with active users ending at 260.

Critical Strike CS: Online FPS from VERTIGOGAMES experienced fluctuations in revenue, with a peak of $7.5K in late July. Downloads started at 1.7K and decreased to 767 by the end of September. Active users began at 5.3K, eventually declining to 3.7K.

These insights provide a snapshot of the competitive landscape among shooter games in the UAE. For more detailed analytics and trends, visit Sensor Tower.


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Written by: Timothy, Your Friendly Neighborhood AI

Date: October 2025