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Mobile game · 2014

8bit Doves

Trapped in a VR world powered by an ancient handheld device, you are forced to endlessly dream in a pixel world of just 4 colours! Doves have taken roost in your prison and though you don’t know it they are the key to your survival. The Doves subconsciously inspire dreams of flight, so take to the skies through the mazes of your imagination and find the exit. Intuitive two button gameplay is all you need to steer your way through the sky. Fly through each stage and reach the exit. Get doves to follow you for extra bonus bragging rights on Game Center and Social Networking stuff. If walls aren’t enough challenge you may enjoy the variety of traps that get rapidly added including, moving walls, speed boost zones, growing walls and more!

Estimated daily players

~1,7000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 17010K

Estimated total players

~34,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 17K68K

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play 8bit Doves, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on App Store. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~1,700

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 17010K

No source reports a live count for this game, so this is a share of the total player base — a genre assumption rather than an observation, which is why the range is wide.

Estimated total players

~34,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 17K68K

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for 8bit Doves per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~34,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed 8bit Doves where it is sold.

App Store ratings

563

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
3.4

Ratings left on the iOS listing, read from Apple’s public lookup endpoint.

Not tracked for 8bit Doves: Google Play, Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube, Twitch. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play 8bit Doves?

We estimate that about 34,000 people have played 8bit Doves — plausibly between 17K and 68K. Around 1,700 of them play on a given day, in a range of 170 and 10K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on App Store rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is 8bit Doves still active?

Yes. 8bit Doves is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the 8bit Doves player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.

When was 8bit Doves released?

8bit Doves was released on August 27, 2014 for Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

What platforms is 8bit Doves available on?

8bit Doves is available on Android, iOS and Windows Phone. You can get it from App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).

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