Mobile game · 2018

Azur Lane

Azur Lane is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game created by Chinese developers Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi, released in 2017 for the iOS and Android operating systems. Set in an alternate timeline of World War II, players engage in side-scrolling shooter gameplay, using female moe anthropomorphic characters based on warships from the war's major participants. Other gameplay elements, like customizing a home and marrying in-game characters, are also present. First launched in China in May and in Japan in September 2017, Azur Lane has become very popular, especially in Japan where the player count reached five million within four months after its release. Players have voted the game among the top five on Google Play's Best Game of 2017 list for the region. Critics have attributed the game's popularity to its original and well-designed gameplay system.

Estimated daily players

~79,0000.0%

Range 4K–2.4M

Estimated total players

~1,600,0000.0%

Range 400K–16M

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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

Aug 2, 2018Android iOS

Adventure Role-playing (RPG)Shooter Simulator Strategy Tactical Action Warfare

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What the estimate rests on

Google Play 49%
App Store 26%
Reddit 9.1%
YouTube 9.1%
Twitch 6.5%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Azur Lane, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Reddit, YouTube, Twitch. 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

~79,000

0.0%

Range 4K – 2.4M

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~1,600,000

0.0%

Range 400K – 16M

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

Estimated daily players over time

from live counts

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Azur Lane per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~2,200,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Azur Lane where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

149,452

Average rating: 4.0
Installs: 5M+

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

App Store ratings

6,677

0.0%

Average rating: 4.5

Community signals

How many people gather around Azur Lane outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

229,945

0.0%

YouTube subscribers

198,000

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Twitch viewers

Live channels: 2

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Not tracked for Azur Lane: Steam, Discord. 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 Azur Lane?

We estimate that about 1,600,000 people have played Azur Lane — plausibly between 400K and 16M. Around 79,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 4K and 2.4M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Reddit, YouTube and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Azur Lane still active?

Yes. Azur Lane 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 Azur Lane 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.