According to the New York Times, "Original God" is one of the hottest mobile games in the world, it has all the characteristics of Japanese creation, only a little difference, it is "made in China".
Released in 2020, the game is the first truly internationally successful game in China's online gaming industry. It sucked up $2 billion in its first year of listing, and unlike other popular Chinese games, most of its revenue came from overseas.
The game's success suggests that the balance of power is changing in the global online game industry, which has long been dominated by Japan and the United States with annual revenues of $200 billion.
In 2021 it received a large investment from Chinese companies "no Japanese company has provided us with the funds to make our favorite game, and Chinese companies recognize our value the most".
According to the data, "Original God" overpowered "Heavenly Knife" and "Glory of the King" to win the Apple China best-seller list, at the same time, "Original God" also occupied the best-selling list of eight countries including the United States, Canada, South Korea and other countries and did not have low overseas ratings, more than 600,000 people for "Original God" to score 4.6/5 high score, the number of downloads as high as 10 million times.