How much does Mini Metro make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Mini Metro earns approximately $27K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.

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Who makes Mini Metro?

Mini Metro is published by Dinosaur Polo Club on the Google Play Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.

What is Mini Metro's BU Score?

Mini Metro has a BU Score of 81/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Mini Metro

Quality Score

Excellent

Mini Metro

Name: Mini Metro — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
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High confidence

4.6 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Mini Metro is an Android app from Dinosaur Polo Club in the Simulation category, currently rated 4.6★ across 73,713 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.

Quality Score is 81: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Simulation app, that means strong product-market fit. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.

Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast

● Right now

$10.0K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$8.7K – $31.5K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$8.1K – $72.9K

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$155K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $115K – $210K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~6 months at current MRR

Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.

Where the money goes

🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship)	+$28K
📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K	+$22K
⚙ Simulation complexity ×2.00	+$50K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$55K

Total estimate $155K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$400K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $300K – $500K · 15× MRR multiple

💸 ~2.6× return on build cost

Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.

How the multiple was built

📺 Ad-supported base	15× MRR
⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid)	+8%
🏷 Simulation category multiple	-10%

Final multiple 15× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

10.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

1.5M

Daily active

450K

Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.

How we sized it

📲 Simulation engagement	~140 installs / rating
🔁 Simulation D30 retention	15%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.30

DAU / MAU 30% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

🤖

Native Android (Kotlin)

Medium confidence · 55%

Also possible

Flutter

Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.

Signals we read

🏷 Category context	Simulation
📦 Tiny game bundle	→ Native 2D engine

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$10.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

Direction

Headwinds: low defensibility moat

6 months

$8.5K – $19.9K

12 months

$8.7K – $31.5K

24 months

$8.1K – $72.9K

Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Early-stage solo · 45/100INDIE TIERexpected for tier

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

5.4

Product Quality

9.3

Revenue Strength

4.0

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

2.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

9.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $4K - $15K/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.64★ across 73,713 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: last update 235d ago — slow cadence.
⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.

🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.

💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $180K-$320K. Portfolio play ($27K/mo combined) commands premium.

Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.

Range:

💰 Forecast Revenue / mo

MODEL

Revenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.

🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 3 of 3 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

Mid install base (73,713 ratings)METRIC		+$5,500
Paid app ($0.99)METRIC		+$2,800
Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC		+$2,200

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Mini Metro
Developer: Dinosaur Polo Club
Bundle ID: nz.co.codepoint.minimetro
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Simulation
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Not found
Description: Not found
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Not found

Revenue

Verified revenue / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $27.8K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: Not found

Founder

Founder data not yet collected for this app.

Funding

Funding data not yet collected for this app.

Press & Links

Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.

Contacts & Socials

Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.

Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.

📝 About this app

Mini Metro, the sublime subway simulator, now on Android. No ads or in-app purchases.

• 2016 BAFTA nominee

• 2016 IGF award winner

• 2016 IGN Mobile Game of the Year finalist

• 2016 Gamespot's Best Mobile Game selection

Mini Metro is a game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?

• Random city growth means each game is unique.… View full description on the official store →

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