Mobile esports has been steadily rising in popularity since its inception, with more games actively creating an esports ecosystem within which organizations and players can flourish. Currently, the mobile esports ecosystem is more popular in Asian countries. This still hasn’t deterred various tournaments from having some of the highest viewership in esports. Let us look at the top 5 mobile video games that esports fans must look out for in 2025.
Top 5 mobile esports games to look out for in 2025
5) Brawl Stars
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The first game on our top mobile esports list is Brawl Stars. The game saw a steady rise in popularity during 2024. The Brawl Stars World Championship 2024 was one of the most-watched esports events in the world. Interestingly, the prize pool for the entire event was crowdfunded by an in-game skin bundle. This resulted in the tournament’s prize pool being $1 million, with the champions receiving $400,000.
4) Free Fire
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The next game on our top mobile esports list is Free Fire. During 2024, multiple Free Fire Esports tournaments took place worldwide, such as the ESL Snapdragon Pro 2024: Mobile Masters in Brazil and the Esports World Cup 2024.
During the Esports World Cup 2024, the tournament had a prize pool of over $1 million. The publisher of Free Fire, Garena, recently announced the roadmap for the year 2025. With the pre-season from February 2025 leading up to the Esports World Cup 2025 and culminating with the FFWS Global Finals in November 2025.
3) Honor of Kings
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Honor of Kings is the dark horse that everyone must watch out for. The 2024 esports season marked the debut of the Invitational Series. The 2024 Honor of Kings Championship had a peak viewership of over 390,000. While this number might seem lower than most esports events on this list, many should focus on the total prize pool.
During 2024, all Honor of Kings events had a cumulative prize pool of over $20 million, making it the game with the third-highest total prize pool, behind Dota 2 and CS2. Honor of Kings was officially released globally in 2024, but only time will tell how much growth one can expect from this game, with its esports roadmap for 2025 being announced during the World Championship.
2) PUBG Mobile
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In 2024, PUBG Mobile ranked fourth in the esports games of 2024 list by Prize Pool by Esports Charts. The cumulative sum of all the prize pools from PUBG Mobile events was over $16 million.
For the 2025 season, PUBG Mobile has already announced its esports roadmap, which includes three major international tournaments around the world, hosted in places such as Tashkent, Thailand, and Riyadh. With the revamped 2025 season featuring more regional esports events, 2025 could be the year PUBG Mobile dominates the viewership charts in mobile esports.
1) MLBB
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According to Esports Charts, in 2024, MLBB had four of the top ten esports events ranked for peak viewership. The unique part is that two of those events were the regional league, also known as MPL, within Indonesia. To give fans more context, the MPL Indonesia Season 14 had a higher peak viewership than the League of Legends MSI 2024, LCK Spring Split 2024, and the CS2 PGL Major Copenhagen.
On the list of the top Esports events of 2024 by hours watched by Esports Charts, the only event above MPL Indonesia season 14 was the League of Legends World Championship.
MOONTON had released the esports roadmap for the game during the M6 Summit in Malaysia. The major highlight is the return of the MLBB Mid-Season Cup, which will take place during the Esports World Cup, and the M7 World Championship, which will take place in January 2026.
The game will also be a part of the upcoming South East Asia Games in 2025 which will be held in Thailand. Only time will tell if MLBB can make the most of the momentum they have built up during 2024 and take it forward in 2025.