Garena Free Fire receives more than 100 million downloads in first half of 2021: Report

Garena Free Fire was launched just a few years ago, in the year 2017 to be specific. In just a few years, Free Fire has become one of the most popular mobile games in the world. As per the latest report coming from data analyst website Sensor Tower, Garena Free Fire has crossed the 100 million downloads mark globally as for the first half of 2021.

The latest report suggests that Garena Free Fire mobile game ranked second among the most downloaded games in the first half of 2021. The report highlights that Free Fire has received over 100 million installs in the specified period. To be specific the download numbers are set at 101.6 million.

Garena Free Fire downloads in 2021

This is great news for all the players out there but not so much for the game developer. This is because, compared to last year in the same period, Garena Free Fire mobile game saw a slight decline of 1.4 percent in downloads this year. As per the report, the first half of 2021 witnessed 28.1 billion downloads when compared to 28.5 billion in 2020.

The report highlights that Apple’s App Store saw a 22.8 percent decline in new game installs. The mobile game witnessed 4.4 billion installs in the first half of 2021, which is slightly lower than last year.  In 2020 first half, the game recorded 5.7 billion installs. Google Play Store witnessed a 3.9 percent increase in users from 22.8 billion to 23.7 billion overall downloads.

As per the report, Garena Free Fire takes the second spot in most downloaded gaming apps in the world in the first half of 2021. The game to top the list is Join Clash 3D from Supersonic Studios, which recorded 115.6 million downloads globally in the first half of 2021.

Free Fire is available for download on Google Play store and Apple App store.