Skip to content
Fate of the Empress cover art

Mobile game · 2020

Fate of the Empress

Set in ancient China, Fate of the Empress is a turn-based RPG that faithfully recreates a majestic imperial city. Get ready for palace intrigue, beautiful 3D graphics, and a tale of love told through stunning animated cutscenes and expansive, complex gameplay.

Estimated daily players

~38,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 1.4K250K

Estimated total players

~760,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 140K1.7M

See what's trending

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

Nov 25, 2020AndroidiOSESRB 18

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 58%
  • App Store 31%
  • Reddit 11%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Fate of the Empress, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Reddit, 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

~38,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 1.4K250K

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

~760,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 140K1.7M

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 Fate of the Empress per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~770,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Fate of the Empress where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

8,070

Average rating
3.7
Installs
1M+

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

Ratings left on the Android listing. It is the broadest signal in the catalogue — about half of all games here have a Play page.

App Store ratings

23,252

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.4

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

Community signals

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

Reddit members

1,934

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

Twitch viewers

0

Live channels
0

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

People watching this game on Twitch right now, summed across every live channel in its category.

Not tracked for Fate of the Empress: Steam, Discord, 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

Your dear cousin, Xie Zhihan, has just become a concubine to the emperor. Her brother, Xie Weijin, is now a royal guard. You have secured a place in the palace due to your excellent skill in embroidery. Navigate the complex palace politics and climb the ranks as you adjust to your new life in the Royal Palace. The palace can be a dangerous place; with jealous concubines, framed murders, and so many other difficulties and obstacles. Use your wit and intelligence to uncover secrets and protect yourself and your loved ones.

Trailer

Trailer

Screenshots

Frequently asked questions

How many people play Fate of the Empress?

We estimate that about 760,000 people have played Fate of the Empress — plausibly between 140K and 1.7M. Around 38,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 1.4K and 250K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Reddit and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Fate of the Empress still active?

Yes. Fate of the Empress 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 Fate of the Empress 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 Fate of the Empress Reddit community?

Fate of the Empress has 1,934 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Fate of the Empress released?

Fate of the Empress was released on November 25, 2020 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Fate of the Empress available on?

Fate of the Empress is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play, App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).

Share Fate of the Empress

Other mobile games from FriendTimes.