App Store ratings
61
0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026- Average rating
- 3.7
Mobile game · 2015
Grayout
Grayout is an aphasiac text game set in a medical dystopia. It’s a prequel to the censorship game Blackbar. In Grayout, you play Alaine, a rebelious resident of the totalitarian community called The Neighborhood, who wakes up in a hospital research lab following an accident… or so she is told. The game is a series of conversations with hospital staff, made challenging by Alaine’s post-traumatic aphasia—a disorder that affects one’s ability to process language. Grayout simulates the experience of having a word on the tip of your tongue, the frustration of knowing what you mean but not how to say it, the feeling of being overwhelmed by the runaway thoughts inside your head and struggling to reign them in. This is a game for fans of text adventures, interactive fiction, word puzzles, story-driven games, and emotional simulations.
Estimated daily players
~1800.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 18–1.1K
Estimated total players
~3,7000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 1.8K–7.3K
Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out
Dec 16, 2015iOS
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Player estimates
Nobody publishes how many people play Grayout, 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
~180
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 18 – 1.1K
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
~3,700
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 1.8K – 7.3K
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
| Month | Estimated total players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~3,700 | — |
Community activity
Last checked Aug 9, 2026
Store signals
How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Grayout where it is sold.
Community signals
How many people gather around Grayout outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.
Not tracked for Grayout: 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.
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Frequently asked questions
How many people play Grayout?
We estimate that about 3,700 people have played Grayout — plausibly between 1.8K and 7.3K. Around 180 of them play on a given day, in a range of 18 and 1.1K. 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 Grayout still active?
Yes. Grayout 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 Grayout 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.
When was Grayout released?
Grayout was released on December 16, 2015 for iOS.
What platforms is Grayout available on?
Grayout is available on iOS. You can get it from App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).