Subway Surfers sails past 1 billion downloads

Surf’s up.

Kiloo announced today that its mobile game, Subway Surfers, has passed 1 billion downloads after three years on app stores. The Denmark-based publisher says that Subway Surfers, which it created in collaboration with SYBO Games, is now the fourth-most-downloaded mobile game of all time. That makes the free-to-play endless-runner a big hit in a mobile market worth an estimated $30 billion this year, according to the researchers at Newzoo.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.