Subway Surfers was released in 2012 as a mobile endless runner where players flee an inspector through subway tracks, dodging trains and collecting coins. Its main theme became inseparable from the gameplay and later spread far beyond the game on YouTube and TikTok. The normal, unedited version is often used under split screen videos to hold attention, and in gaming edits that borrow its sense of speed. Its familiarity and looping energy keep it popular long after the original release.