Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
This KONAMI title firmly occupies the digital collectible card game (CCG) niche, directly competing with established giants like Hearthstone and Magic: The Gathering Arena, alongside other anime-IP adaptations. Its substantial user rating, backed by millions of individual reviews, signals robust and sustained traction, indicating a mature product with a loyal, active player base rather than an early-stage growth app. The consistent updates, even years after release, further reinforce its long-term viability. For free-to-play CCGs, the primary monetization driver is typically in-app purchases (IAPs) for card packs, cosmetic items, and battle passes, often with tiered pricing for different rarity or quantity bundles. These apps rarely rely on ad revenue, focusing instead on recurring spending from engaged players seeking to expand their collections or enhance their gameplay experience.
BU Score 81 · 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.
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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.
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| ⚙ Card complexity ×1.50 | +$29K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$49K |
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.
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Card category multiple | -15% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
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.
| 📲 Card engagement | ~150 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Card D30 retention | 12% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
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.
| 🏷 Category context | Card |
| 📦 Tiny game bundle | → Native 2D engine |
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 65/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.42★ across 2,264,002 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODEL| High install base (2,264,002 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVE⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEProfile & Insights
Identification
- App name
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
- Developer
- KONAMI
- Bundle ID
- jp.konami.duellinks
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Card
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- www.konami.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
- $5.8K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.49 - $81.99 per item
Founder
Funding
Press & Links
Contacts & Socials
📈Ratings growth2,264,002 ratings+49% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
📝 About this app
Become the best Duelist in the world!
Anywhere, anytime! Prepare yourself for some sweet Duels!
[ABOUT "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links"]
-Easy to learn rules and simple controls for beginners!
-Don't worry if you are not sure how to use your cards. The game will indicate when you can activate your cards!
-Among 3 million players who have participated in the past World Championships, even Duelists with only 3-6 months of Duel Links experience have also became a champion.
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Why high confidence: 2,264,002 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).