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Mobile game · 2005

Battle for Wesnoth

The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host whom none can stand against! Choose units from a large pool of specialists, and hand-pick a force with the right strengths to fight well on different terrains against all manner of opposition. Wesnoth has many different sagas waiting to be played. Fight to regain the throne of Wesnoth, of which you are the legitimate heir... step into the boots of a young officer sent to guard a not-so-sleepy frontier outpost... lead a brutal quest to unite the orcish tribes... vanquish a horde of undead warriors unleashed by a foul necromancer, who also happens to have taken your brother hostage... guide a band of elvish survivors in an epic quest to find a new home... get revenge on the orcs by using the foul art of necromancy... There are at least two hundred unit types, sixteen races, six major factions, and hundreds of years of history. The world of Wesnoth is absolutely huge and only limited by your creativity — make your own custom units, create your own maps, and write your own scenarios or even full-blown campaigns. You can also challenge up to eight friends—or strangers—and fight in epic multiplayer fantasy battles.

Estimated daily players

~16,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 1.1K140K

Estimated total players

~320,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 110K910K

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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, 2005iOS

What the estimate rests on

  • Steam 79%
  • Reddit 21%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Battle for Wesnoth, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Steam, Reddit. 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

~16,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 1.1K140K

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

Estimated total players

~320,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 110K910K

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 Battle for Wesnoth per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~290,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Battle for Wesnoth where it is sold.

Steam players in game

229

Reviews
5,966

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

Only the games with a PC port appear here, but where Steam does report it is a real concurrent-player count rather than a proxy for one.

Community signals

How many people gather around Battle for Wesnoth outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

4,547

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

Not tracked for Battle for Wesnoth: Google Play, App Store, Discord, 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 Battle for Wesnoth?

We estimate that about 320,000 people have played Battle for Wesnoth — plausibly between 110K and 910K. Around 16,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 1.1K and 140K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Steam and Reddit rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Battle for Wesnoth still active?

Yes. Battle for Wesnoth 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 Battle for Wesnoth 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.

How big is the Battle for Wesnoth Reddit community?

Battle for Wesnoth has 4,547 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Battle for Wesnoth released?

Battle for Wesnoth was released on August 2, 2005 for iOS.

What platforms is Battle for Wesnoth available on?

Battle for Wesnoth is available on iOS. You can get it from Google Play and App Store (iPhone).

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