Mobile game · 2010

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. With the use of the DS touch screen, players navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise.

Estimated daily players

~11,0000.0%

Range 1.1K–68K

Estimated total players

~230,0000.0%

Range 110K–450K

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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 18, 2010Android iOSUSK 18ESRB RPPEGI AOGRAC 18CLASS IND 18ACB MA15+CERO Z

Adventure Shooter Action Comedy Open world Sandbox

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Google Play App Store (iPhone)

What the estimate rests on

Google Play 60%
App Store 32%
Twitch 7.9%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, 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

~11,000

0.0%

Range 1.1K – 68K

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

Estimated total players

~230,000

0.0%

Range 110K – 450K

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 Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~1,100,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

50,064

Average rating: 3.5
Installs: 10M+

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

App Store ratings

3,768

0.0%

Average rating: 4.5

Community signals

How many people gather around Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Twitch viewers

Live channels: 1

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

Not tracked for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars: 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

Huang Lee, the spoiled son of a recently murdered Triad boss, arrives by plane in Liberty City with Yu Jian, a sword that Huang's father won in a poker game and has decided to use as an heirloom, to deliver it to the new patriarch of the family, Huang's uncle Wu "Kenny" Lee. Shortly after landing, Huang's escorts are killed by assassins and he is shot and kidnapped. The assailants steal the sword and, thinking Huang is dead, dump his body in the water. Huang manages to survive and informs Kenny that Yu Jian has been taken. Kenny explains that he had intended to offer the sword to Hsin Jaoming, the aging Triad boss in Liberty City, as a means of securing a position as his replacement. Kenny has been dishonored and reduced in power due to the loss of Yu Jian, leaving him and Huang working to keep their businesses afloat.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars?

We estimate that about 230,000 people have played Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars — plausibly between 110K and 450K. Around 11,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 1.1K and 68K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars still active?

Yes. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars 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 Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars 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.