How much does Candy Crush Saga make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Candy Crush Saga earns approximately $14K/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 Candy Crush Saga?

Candy Crush Saga is published by King 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 Candy Crush Saga's BU Score?

Candy Crush Saga has a BU Score of 94/100 (Transcendent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Candy Crush Saga

Quality Score

Transcendent

Candy Crush Saga

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

High confidence

4.6 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Candy Crush Saga dominates the casual match-3 puzzle niche, directly competing with titles like Gardenscapes and Royal Match. Its 4.6-star rating across over 31 million reviews signals exceptional, sustained traction. This isn't a growth-stage app; it’s a mature, established market leader with a massive, loyal user base. The sheer volume of ratings indicates enduring popularity and strong user retention, translating to consistent, high-volume revenue. For free casual puzzle games, a common monetization observation is the heavy reliance on in-app purchases (IAPs) for power-ups and extra lives, often supplemented by optional rewarded video ads. The key is balancing player progression with strategic friction points that encourage IAP conversion without alienating the free player base.

BU Score 94 · Transcendent — category-leading momentum. 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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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs

📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$140K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $105K – $190K

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

📈 Pays back in ~10 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
💎 In-app purchase plumbing	+$9K
⚙ Casual complexity ×1.50	+$29K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$49K

Total estimate $140K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$375K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $275K – $475K · 26× MRR multiple

💸 ~2.7× return on build cost

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%
🏷 Casual category multiple	-22%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 26× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

8567.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

514.0M

Daily active

179.5M

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

📲 Casual engagement	~220 installs / rating
🔁 Casual D30 retention	6%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.35

DAU / MAU 35% 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	Casual
📦 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

Concerning · 54/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarks

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

7.4

Product Quality

9.2

Revenue Strength

5.8

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

5.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.6★ across 31,476,637 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: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.

💵 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 (38,942,188 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.6★)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: Candy Crush Saga
Developer: King
Bundle ID: com.king.candycrushsaga
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Casual
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: candycrushsaga.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: $14.3K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $0.99 - $149.99 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.

✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW

Publicly available sources provide revenue estimates for the overall Candy Crush Saga mobile game (iOS and Android combined), but specific global revenue figures solely for the Android app are not precisely delineated. While some regional Google Play revenue data exists, a comprehensive global Android-only estimate is not available from the provided sources.

Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Statista, Adapty, Reddit, Wikipedia, Juego Studios, Owler Company Profile, Business of Apps, Priori Data, App2top

📈Ratings growth38,942,188 ratings+32% 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

Candy Crush Saga is a bright, feel-good matching escape packed with colorful surprises, satisfying combos, and sweet moments of progress. Dive into a world of candy-coated challenges where every move can spark a delicious chain reaction. From quick relaxing breaks to longer play sessions, this playful puzzle adventure turns simple match 3 into pure fun.

🍬 Why players keep coming back

Thousands of levels, creative obstacles, and candy-filled charm make every session easy to start and hard to put down.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v1.329.0.1🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Casual💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $0.99 - $149.99 per item

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

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