Hay Day vs Stardew Valley
Hay Day
Supercell
App Store
$1.48M/mo
~$17.81M/yr · 96.2M installs
VS
Stardew Valley
ConcernedApe
App Store
$928.4K/mo
~$11.14M/yr · 7.0M installs
Revenue winner
Hay Day wins
+60% vs other
Installs winner
Hay Day wins
+1279% vs other
MAU winner
Hay Day wins
+586% vs other
Rating winner
Stardew Valley wins
+3% vs other
Why Hay Day is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Hay Day earns roughly 2× more per month than Stardew Valley - $1.48M vs $928.4K.
- Subscription model. Hay Day runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Stardew Valley relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Hay Day has ~96.2M lifetime installs vs Stardew Valley's ~7.0M - 13.8× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Hay Day runs 8 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Hay Day
vs
Stardew Valley
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.48M
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$928.4K
Annual revenue (est.)
$17.81M
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$11.14M
Lifetime installs (est.)
96.2M
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7.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
9.6M
◀
1.4M
App Store rating
4.70★
▶
4.82★
Total ratings
641K
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63K
US grossing rank
#69
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 21, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- File size
- 743.9 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.71.128
- Languages
- Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French +16 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD4.99
- Released
- Oct 24, 2018
- Last updated
- Mar 19, 2026
- File size
- 442.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.6.15.1
- Languages
- English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese +5 more
Hay Day trajectory
Stardew Valley trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Hay Day or Stardew Valley? v
Hay Day earns about $1.48M per month, while Stardew Valley earns about $928.4K. That is a 1.6× revenue gap (~$556.0K more per month for Hay Day). Annual revenue: Hay Day ≈ $17.81M/year, Stardew Valley ≈ $11.14M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Hay Day or Stardew Valley? v
Hay Day leads with about 96.2M estimated downloads vs 7.0M for Stardew Valley - a 13.8× gap. Hay Day's App Store downloads are estimated from 641K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Stardew Valley's App Store downloads are estimated from 63K ratings.
Are Hay Day and Stardew Valley in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Hay Day and Stardew Valley offer? v
Hay Day: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Stardew Valley: no IAP detected on the public listing. Hay Day runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #69" monetization model; Stardew Valley runs "Paid app ($4.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Hay Day or Stardew Valley? v
Stardew Valley edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Hay Day 641K ratings, Stardew Valley 63K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Hay Day vs Stardew Valley revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.48M for Hay Day and $928.4K for Stardew Valley are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Hay Day or Stardew Valley to a different App Store app? v
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