Who makes Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links?

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links is published by KONAMI on the Apple App 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 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links's BU Score?

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links has a BU Score of 72/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

Quality Score

Strong

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

Name: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links revenue, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, mobile app revenue, iOS app revenue

by KONAMI

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links is an iOS app from KONAMI, currently rated 4.7★ across 89,509 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.

Quality Score is 72: Strong (healthy traction). For an app like this, that means healthy traction. 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

$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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Rating

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Reviews

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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Snapshots tracked

since first record

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$90K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $70K – $120K

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

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
📦 Asset bundle (143 MB)	+$37K

Total estimate $90K

👥 Estimated audience size

13.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

1.9M

Daily active

390K

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

📲 category engagement	~150 installs / rating
🔁 category D30 retention	15%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.20

DAU / MAU 20% sticky

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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 · 58/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

5.7

Product Quality

9.5

Revenue Strength

5.8

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

7.4

Market Position

2.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.73★ across 89,509 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
⚠️ 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 10 of 10 triggers

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

Mid install base (89,509 ratings)METRIC		+$5,500
Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC		+$2,200
bugsREVIEW		−$1,800
5 starREVIEW		+$1,800
cancelledREVIEW		−$1,500
Mature app (9y old)METRIC		+$1,500
Multilingual (10 languages)METRIC		+$1,500
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
too expensiveREVIEW		−$1,000
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.

🆕 What's New · v10.10.0

Preparations for events
Preparations for new features
Bug Fix(es)

Profile & Insights

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

Identification

App name: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
Developer: KONAMI
Bundle ID: jp.konami.yugiohmobile
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Not found
Content rating: 9+
Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH, ES, ZH

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Today
Description: Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Available

Revenue

Verified revenue / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: Not found
Top-grossing rank: Outside top 100 in US
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.

📈Ratings growth89,632 ratings+50% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (28 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (34 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value

🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked

This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.

🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter3 releases tracked

🚀Version Release Timeline3 releases tracked

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

"Yu-Gi-Oh!" is available on-the-go as a mobile 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.
Duel online and aim for the top of "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links"!

[FEATURES]… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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💾 143 MB🔞 9+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v10.10.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, IT, JA +5💰 Free

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

3 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →

2026-07

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Shipped update — v10.9.0 → v10.10.0

→ 30 days after: reviews +34 high confidence

2026-06

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Shipped update — v10.8.0 → v10.9.0

→ 30 days after: reviews +58 high confidence

2026-05

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

→ 30 days after: reviews +57 high confidence

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Multi-Country Performance

Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets

Market	Rating	Reviews	Current version
🇦🇺 AU	4.7013★	4,600	4.7013★ this version
🇧🇷 BR	4.58903★	9,480	4.58903★ this version
🇨🇦 CA	4.66387★	6,545	4.66387★ this version
🇩🇪 DE	4.55936★	8,685	4.55936★ this version
🇫🇷 FR	4.51194★	7,159	4.51194★ this version
🇬🇧 GB	4.74777★	10,082	4.74777★ this version
🇮🇳 IN	4.58173★	208	4.58173★ this version
🇯🇵 JP	4.37777★	54,521	4.37777★ this version
🇺🇸 US	4.73369★	89,632	4.73369★ this version

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

Read the article-style breakdown for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.

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