DotA 2 is one of the more popular MOBAs around at the moment, but how popular are we talking about? Well, how does pulling $18 million a month in revenue sound? Is that popular enough? These figures were revealed by industry-intelligence firm SuperData Research (via VentureBeat) and it seems that the number is only on the rise.That being said while $18 million a month is pretty impressive, what’s even more impressive is the fact that Riot Games’ League of Legends makes that amount of money every five days and that they have about a monthly run rate of over $123 million, according to SuperData Research’s CEO Joost van Dreunen.
“It takes League of Legends about five days to earn that same amount of money [as Dota 2 makes in a month. Even though earnings have started to plateau around the holiday season, due to the major releases on other platforms, League of Legends still had a monthly run rate of over $123 million in January.”
When you consider that these games are essentially free and that gamers can choose to spend real money on in-game items like cosmetics, it just makes those figures all the more impressive. The MOBA scene is extremely competitive at the moment and we have to wonder how newcomers like Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm will fare.