Mobile game · 2012

Cytus

200 songs and 400 variations, including many from famous composers around the world. Beautiful hand-drawn art style. Easy, intuitive Active Scan Line system and 3 types of notes. Different display modes allow player-friendly previewing of notes. Strong beat and rhythms provide satisfying feedback for taps. More than 9 difficulty levels for more fun and challenges. Various music genres: POP, JAZZ, TRANCE, HARDCORE, DRUM 'N BASS and much more.

Estimated daily players

~5,3000.0%

Range 530–32K

Estimated total players

~110,0000.0%

Range 53K–210K

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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

Jan 12, 2012Android iOSPEGI E

Arcade Music Fantasy Science fiction

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Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Cytus, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on App Store, 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

~5,300

0.0%

Range 530 – 32K

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

~110,000

0.0%

Range 53K – 210K

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 Cytus per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~110,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

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

App Store ratings

1,760

0.0%

Average rating: 4.9

Community signals

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

Twitch viewers

Live channels: 0

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

Not tracked for Cytus: Google Play, Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube. 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.

Storyline

In the distant future, the only sentient beings in the world are robots. They are the last remnant of the human spirit. However, mankind is not dead. A technology exists that is capable of transferring memories to these robots. But with limited space, new memories will gradually overwrite the old. To prevent the emotions in human memories from fading away, the robots resorted to converting the emotions to music and storing them in a place called Cytus. The robots use these songs to experience human emotion and dream that souls exist in each of them... Cytus

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Cytus?

We estimate that about 110,000 people have played Cytus — plausibly between 53K and 210K. Around 5,300 of them play on a given day, in a range of 530 and 32K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on App Store and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Cytus still active?

Yes. Cytus 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 Cytus 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.