How much does Subway Surfers make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Subway Surfers earns approximately $7.9K/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 Subway Surfers?

Subway Surfers is published by SYBO Games 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 Subway Surfers's BU Score?

Subway Surfers has a BU Score of 89/100 (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.

Subway Surfers

Quality Score

Excellent

Subway Surfers

Name: Subway Surfers — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Subway Surfers revenue, Subway Surfers app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Arcade revenue, Android app revenue

High confidence

4.5 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Subway Surfers holds a dominant position within the casual endless runner arcade niche, directly competing with titles like Temple Run and Minion Rush. Its substantial user rating and impressive volume of reviews on Android signal exceptional long-term traction and a highly mature growth stage, indicating a deeply entrenched user base rather than rapid new acquisition. For this category, typical monetization strategies often involve a heavy reliance on rewarded video ads for in-game currency and cosmetic IAPs, with a clear split favoring ad revenue over direct purchases. Founders in this space should observe how Subway Surfers leverages its massive audience to drive consistent ad impressions, a key driver for sustained revenue in free-to-play arcade titles. The app demonstrates the power of a well-executed core loop combined with effective ad integration.

BU Score 89 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.

Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast

● Right now

$700K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$741K – $1141K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$886K – $1645K

per month

BIG tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Reviews

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$175K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $130K – $235K

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

📈 Pays back in ~1.8y 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
💎 In-app purchase plumbing	+$9K
⚙ Arcade complexity ×1.90	+$53K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$62K

Total estimate $175K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$200K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $150K – $275K · 26× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.1× build cost (break-even+)

Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + 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

💎 IAP / freemium model base	28× MRR
⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid)	+8%
🏷 Arcade category multiple	-20%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 26× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

8341.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

417.0M

Daily active

104.0M

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

📲 Arcade engagement	~200 installs / rating
🔁 Arcade D30 retention	5%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.25

DAU / MAU 25% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

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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	Arcade
📦 Tiny game bundle	→ Native 2D engine

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$690K – $933K

12 months

$741K – $1.1M

24 months

$886K – $1.6M

Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Mixed signals · 62/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

5.8

Product Quality

9.1

Revenue Strength

5.8

Monetization Maturity

5.0

Defensibility

8.5

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.55★ across 41,707,119 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.

🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.

💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $12.6M-$22.4M.

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 4 of 4 triggers

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

High install base (41,707,119 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC		+$2,200
Mature app (13y old)METRIC		+$1,500
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600

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: Subway Surfers
Developer: SYBO Games
Bundle ID: com.kiloo.subwaysurf
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Arcade
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: sybogames.com
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: $7.9K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $0.99 - $99.99 per item

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.

📈Ratings growth41,707,119 ratings+14% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (1 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value

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

DASH as fast as you can! 

DODGE the oncoming trains! 

Help Jake, Tricky & Fresh escape from the grumpy Guard and his dog. 

★ Grind trains with your cool crew! 

★ Colorful and vivid HD graphics! 

★ Hoverboard Surfing! 

★ Paint powered jetpack! 

★ Lightning fast swipe acrobatics! 

★ Challenge and help your friends! 

Join the most daring chase! 

A Universal App with HD optimized graphics.

Originally co-developed by SYBO and Kiloo.

App Specs

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🔖 v3.64.1🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Arcade💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $0.99 - $99.99 per item

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

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