App Store ratings
39
0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026- Average rating
- 3.8
Mobile game · 2018
HardBack
Hardback is a deck-building word game, a prequel to Paperback. As an aspiring 19th-century novelist, you work to pen your next masterpiece, earning prestige along the way. Specialize your deck in certain genres to exploit card combinations, and press your luck to draw extra cards — but make sure you can still string a word together! Players build a deck of letters with various powers and race to 60 fame points to win.
Estimated daily players
~1200.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 12–700
Estimated total players
~2,3000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 1.2K–4.7K
Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out
Jul 3, 2018iOS
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Player estimates
Nobody publishes how many people play HardBack, 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
~120
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 12 – 700
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
~2,300
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 1.2K – 4.7K
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 | ~2,300 | — |
Community activity
Last checked Aug 9, 2026
Store signals
How many people have rated, reviewed or installed HardBack where it is sold.
Community signals
How many people gather around HardBack outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.
Not tracked for HardBack: 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.
Frequently asked questions
How many people play HardBack?
We estimate that about 2,300 people have played HardBack — plausibly between 1.2K and 4.7K. Around 120 of them play on a given day, in a range of 12 and 700. 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 HardBack still active?
Yes. HardBack 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 HardBack 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 HardBack released?
HardBack was released on July 3, 2018 for iOS.
What platforms is HardBack available on?
HardBack is available on iOS. You can get it from App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).