Subway Surfers
Subway Surfers is an endless runner video game developed & published by Kiloo & SYBO. The player takes on the role of an average teen (or, on rare occasions, a young adult) vandalizing a subway train with spray paint, and is caught by The Guard and his dog. The player must run away from the two, who are chasing them. In the Update, keys () were added, which you can use to revive your character if the player should choose to use them, you can also use them to unlock outfits. The game is available on iOS and Android platforms.
Launched in May of 2012, a year later in 2013 “World Tour” became the theme of the game, where the settings are in cities like , , , , , , , and , only a few of the many locations that have been featured up until this point. The game starts with a default character, Jake. However, as players collect more Coins, Event Coins, Keys Character Tokens, and Season Hunt Tokens they will eventually get the chance to unlock new characters and outfits. As well as coins and keys, they can collect spraycans (), hats (), boomboxes (), guitars () and UFOs (), in order to unlock Tricky, Fresh, Spike, Yutani, and their outfits respectively. Also, some other characters in this game can be unlocked with Real Money and by collecting other tokens who change every update.
In Marathon Challenge was introduced which is similar to the main game but you get rewarded for how far you run. This mode was expanded to have more variations later on (Tag Team, Mystery Hurdles, Tag Time attack Etc.)
In early 2020, Kiloo stopped developing and publishing the game for unknown reasons (however in SYBO history video it is possible that this happened due to a expired contract). That means that currently, SYBO is developing and publishing the game.
Gameplay
The object of the game is to run as far as possible in a endless subway while avoiding randomly generated obstacles that require the player to either jump (slide finger forward), duck (slide finger backwards) and dodge the oncoming trains in a precise manner.
Power-ups
- Coin Magnet: Attracts coins even if the player is not in their path as long as if the coins are in the same plain as the player.
- Jetpack: Allows the player to fly in the air, Grants temporary invincibility and allows players to collect many coins.
- 2X Multiplier: Doubles the player’s current multiplier. (x10 = x20)
- Super Sneakers: Allows the player to jump higher. Useful for collecting hunt tokens.
- Pogo Stick: Makes the player jump high in the air and collect coins and a random power-up.
- Headstart: Same power as the Jetpack except there are no coins and you get a free power-up at the end of it can be used 2 times after 1st use.
- Score Booster: Boosts the player’s multiplier by +5, +6, or +7.
- Super Mysterizer: Gives a player an exclusive mystery power-up (These can only be collected on mondays).
- Hourglass: adds 10s ( 5s in ) to the timer ( exclusive to Tag time attack )
Playable Characters