How much does PPSSPP - PSP emulator make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, PPSSPP - PSP emulator earns approximately $5.6K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.

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Who makes PPSSPP - PSP emulator?

PPSSPP - PSP emulator is published by Henrik Rydgård on the Google Play 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 PPSSPP - PSP emulator's BU Score?

PPSSPP - PSP emulator has a BU Score of 80/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

PPSSPP - PSP emulator

Quality Score

Excellent

PPSSPP - PSP emulator

Name: PPSSPP - PSP emulator — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: GetAppValue
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: PPSSPP - PSP emulator revenue, PPSSPP - PSP emulator app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Action revenue, Android app revenue

by Henrik Rydgård

High confidence

4.4 Google Play rating

✍️ GetAppValue analysis

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This Android emulator carves out a specific niche for retro gaming enthusiasts wanting to play PSP titles on mobile. Its direct competition comes from other console emulators and potentially official re-releases of classic games. With over a million ratings and a strong average score, the app demonstrates significant traction and a mature user base, indicating it’s well past the initial growth phase and has established itself as a go-to solution. The "free" monetization model, coupled with the mention of a "Gold" version for support, points to a common freemium strategy in the emulator category. Founders in this space often leverage a free base app to build a large audience, then offer a paid, ad-free, or feature-enhanced version as an upgrade path for dedicated users, effectively converting engaged users into direct revenue without relying on in-app ads.

BU Score 80 · 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.

💰 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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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs

📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$170K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $130K – $230K

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

📈 Pays back in ~2.5y at current MRR

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
⚙ Action complexity ×2.20	+$60K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$61K

Total estimate $170K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$75K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 14× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.4× build cost (under-water)

Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + 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.

How the multiple was built

📺 Ad-supported base	15× MRR
🏷 Action category multiple	-15%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 14× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

267.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

26.5M

Daily active

9.2M

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

📲 Action engagement	~150 installs / rating
🔁 Action D30 retention	10%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.35

DAU / MAU 35% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

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Native Android (Kotlin)

Medium confidence · 55%

Also possible

Flutter

Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. GetAppValue 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.

Signals we read

🏷 Category context	Action
📦 Tiny game bundle	→ Native 2D engine

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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

Concerning · 51/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarks

Revenue Strength

5.8

Product Quality

8.7

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

6.0

Operational Safety

10.0

Founder Strength

4.6

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.37★ across 1,782,121 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.

🎯 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 6 of 6 triggers

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

High install base (1,782,121 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
5 starREVIEW		+$1,800
Mature app (13y old)METRIC		+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW		+$1,400
Good rating (4.4★)METRIC		+$800
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.

Profile & Insights

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

Identification

App name: PPSSPP - PSP emulator
Developer: Henrik Rydgård
Bundle ID: org.ppsspp.ppsspp
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Action
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: www.ppsspp.org
Tagline: Not found
Description: Not found
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Not found

Revenue

Reported revenue signal / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $298/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
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.

🚀Version Release Timeline2 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

Play PSP games on your Android device, at high definition with extra features!

PPSSPP is the original and best PSP emulator for Android. It runs a lot of games, but depending on the power of your device all may not run at full speed. 

No games are included with this download. Use your own real PSP games and turn them into .ISO or .CSO files, or simply play free homebrew games, which are available online. Put those in /PSP/GAME on your SD card / USB storage.

This is the free version. If you want to support future development, please download PPSSPP Gold instead!

See http://www.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 vv1.20.4🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Action💰 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 →

2026-06

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Refreshed store screenshots — 5 of 5 updated

→ 30 days after: reviews +3,641 high confidence

2026-05

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Shipped update — vv1.20.3 → vv1.20.4

→ 30 days after: reviews +5,057 high confidence

2026-05

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

→ 30 days after: reviews +5,057 high confidence

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Store Page History

5 SCREENSHOT CHANGES

Every time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.

iPhone screenshots

Slot 1
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Now

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2 ver.

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Slot 5
2 ver.

2026-05-06

Now

2026-06-11

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

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