Taiwan's whales just turned Pikmin Bloom into a full-blown cash cow, with $18.5M dropped in H1 alone—more than half the global total and a 902% jump from last year. Scopely's walking sim hit $35.7M in the first half of 2026, already 94% of its entire 2025 haul, while Japan slipped to second place at 23% and Taiwan claimed the crown at 52%.

The numbers tell the real story: installs in Taiwan exploded after the 2025 Kaohsiung event, peaking near 700k monthly downloads this March, and May alone saw $8.7M global revenue with Taiwan driving 56% of it. Lifetime revenue now sits at $139.4M across major stores, and Scopely is doubling down with a new Gold Seedling event running through September at Xpark Aquarium in Taoyuan.

Mushroom scarcity complaints are already popping up on the official forums as urban areas overflow with players, but that's just the sound of a gacha market working exactly as intended. Whales gonna whale, and Taiwan's proving it louder than anyone expected.