Genshin Impact
I’ll be honest: this wasn’t even a good vote.
While mobile platforms saw a wide variety of great games in 2020, there simply was no topper than the global phenomenon Genshin Impact. Rejected as mere Breath of the wilderness clone when it was first revealed, Genshin Impact proved it wasn’t just an anime renewal of the Nintendo masterpiece when it launched last September.
MiHoYo’s sprawling adventure raised the bar for what players can expect from gacha games on the platform. Honestly, it’s going to be tough going back to those free-to-play RPGs where I’ll just pick a spot on the map and fight a few waves of enemies. I know not every mobile developer has the funding to match the creation of MiHoYo, but hopefully its success will push those publishers who have been around for way too long to step up their game a bit.
With a Switch port on the way and some highly anticipated updates and content loss in the works, there’s a good chance Genshin Impact will dominate the free-to-play scene in 2021, as in the second half of 2020.
