Subway Surfers changes its location every month, because of its World Tour. With this, the game takes players through different cities across the globe, changing the game’s models and textures (and even music) to go along with it. There are new challenges, characters, and even new items that are available for a limited time. This allows the player to have a fresh new experience, renewing the game’s feel and look in order to keep the players engaged. (Don’t ask why these young teenagers have enough money to go fly to a different location every month, and why there is an international ring of teenage delinquents all seemingly working together to create graffiti to piss off the exact same security guy).
You can’t change the city, and it is dependent on the month/update, meaning every month there is a brand new location, usually based on a real city. The game often repeats some of these cities, however the items and characters available will usually be different. To keep the game from feeling repetitive, one would assume.
According to Sybo, Subway Surfers’ developers, this is the list of the game’s top 10 cities. Keep in mind that this list goes off the most recently released version of the city as of the time of writing (cities tend to get rereleased in the game, with newer characters and limited edition items).
1. Cairo (2022)
The capital of Egypt, Cairo was released twice in 2022. Taking inspiration from both ancient and modern Egyptian aesthetics, the second update of 2022 had the available characters and boards:
Characters
Aina, Akira, Alba, Alexandre, Amira, Andy, Bob The Blob, Buzz, Callum, Cathy, Charlie, Cleo, Dylan, Eddy, Freya, George, Gingerbot, Hasina, Jasmine, Jolien, Koral, Lana, Lauren, Mala, Manny, Mei, Mimi, Monkbot, Morgan, Nikos, Nina, Noel, Phoenix, Pink, Ramona, Roberto, Salma, Scarlett, Spacebot, Sun, Taha, Tankbot, Trym, Zayn, Zoe, Zuri, Frankette, Super Runner Fernando
Boards
Atomic Tile, Camel, Kick-Off, Zuper Zapper
2. Paris (2021)
Known as the city of love, Paris is one of the locations in the game. Released 6 times, Paris’ latest release had a pretty conservative number of limited edition characters and boards, that being the following:
Characters
Alexandre, Parkour Rin, Coco
Boards
Paint Palette, Parasol, Sweetheart, Rose
3. North Pole (2023)
Located at the northernmost point of the Earth, the North Pole is often used as the location of Santa’s workshop in popular media. Naturally, with this in mind, the North Pole is often the location for Subway Surfers’ Christmas edition. Its limited edition characters and boards are the following:
Characters
Bob The Blob, Buddy, Carmen, Clementine, Clockwork Johnny, Eddy, Elf Fresh, Elf Jake, Elf Tricky, Elf Yutani, Festive Frank, Festive Fresh, Festive Jake, Festive Spike, Festive Tricky, Festive Yutani, Freya, Gingerbot, Jamie, Malik, Nick, Nina, Outatime Jake, Rex, Zayn, Captain Flash
Boards
Back to the Future, Diablo, Fire Dragon, Ginger Boom, Glacier, Ho Ho Hoverboard, Jingles, Moose, Rocket, Rudy, Sleigh, Snow Cloud, Snow Down, Torito, Wind-Up Rocket, Flash Jet
4. Mexico (2022)
Originally released in March of 2014, Mexico has since been rereleased in subsequent years in October, as a way to celebrate both Halloween and the Day of the Dead. Here are the following limited edition characters and boards:
Characters
Bob The Blob, Cathy, Eddy, Manny, Mike, Morgan, Noel, Olivia, Scarlett, Zoe, Zombie Jake, Fantasma
Boards
Casket, Hexed, Pumpkin, Smoking Slime
5. Tokyo (2023)
Located in Japan’s capital city, this update takes inspiration from modern Japanese aesthetics, such as anime and cosplay, with Akira and Harumi being the most apparent of this. On its 2023 release, these were the characters and boards available for a limited time:
Characters
Ace, Akira, Alexandre, Amira, Bonnie, Cathy, Harumi, Jenny, Lauren, Lee, Mina, Ming, Nina, Parkour Rin, Philip, Salma, Zayn, Yuto
Boards
Aero, Atomic Tile, Cherry, Chrome, Color Cloud, Diablo, Kitty, Punk, Scarab, Shuttle, Sweet Chili
6. Las Vegas (2021)
Known as the entertainment capital of the world, it is no surprise that Subway Surfers would take inspiration from the look and appeal of the Las Vegas Strip. Its main character, Rex, takes inspiration from Elvis Presley with his look and charm. On the 2021 release, here are the characters and boards available:
Characters
Darryl, Jasmine, Mimi, Nikos, Rex, Rosa, Wayne, Cleo
Boards
Pixel Heart, Roller, Queen of Hearts
7. London (2023)
London is England’s capital, and is often released in the game with a holiday theme, like the North Pole. Running through the modern and traditional London streets, here are the characters and boards available:
Characters
Ace, Alba, Alia, Amira, Andy, Bjarki, Bonnie, Bruno, Catrine, Charlie, Diego, E.Z., Eddy, Fantasma, Frankette, Frutti, George, Hali, Hasina, Jack, Jamie, Jaro, Koral, Lauren, Maeko, Manny, Marco, Mike, Moira, Nick, Nina, Noel, Philip, Rabbit, Rain, Rex, Rin, Rosa, Song Yi, Soul, Spacebot, Spraybot, Super Runner Tricky, Tainá, Tankbot, Tiger, Tricky, Trym, Tutti, Vivienne, Yuto, Zayn, Zi Hao, Zuri, Lawrence
Boards
Bass Blaster, Danger Dasher, Fauxpunx, Future Wave, Ghastly Glider, Leaf, Outback, Queen of Hearts, Rave Rider, Scarab, Secret Society, Snowflake, Spaceship, Tagger, Trickster, Sharpeed
8. Mumbai (2022)
Being India’s commercial capital, it is no wonder that the game would choose to release this city 5 times. Here are the following limited edition characters and boards:
Characters
Aina, Alicia, Andy, Jay, Jia, Liu, Mala, Alia
Boards
Bengal, Croc, Leaf, Maple Leaf, Aero Fish
9. Chang’an (2021)
Chang’an (the ancient name of modern day Xi’an) was only released once in 2021. Interestingly enough, despite the location being based on China, its limited edition characters also included Pride versions of members of the main crew, as the update was released in June. These include the following:
Characters
Hou, Noon, Pride Frank, Pride Fresh, Pride Jake, Pride Spike, Pride Tricky, Pride Yutani, Qin, Rin, Sun, Pridebot
Boards
Dragon, Naga, Dragon Boat
10. Space Station (2021)
Like Chang’an, Space Station was only released once at the time of writing. Taking less inspiration from the real world International Space Station and more on contemporary interpretations of sci-fi, this update has the following limited edition characters and boards:
Characters
Ace, Alba, Amy, Frankette, Mina, Monkbot, Tagbot, Tankbot, Spacebot
Boards
Aero, Discovery, Endeavour, Splash, Starcruiser, Secret Society
With the game’s variety of locations and representation of different cultures, it always leaves the player looking forward to the next update, on whether or not their favorite cities will return, or if there will be something new. There are still plenty of cities Subway Surfers has not gone to, and it will be a delight to see even more in the future. (And seriously, how does the guard even afford to keep following these kids everywhere? To space?)
