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Mobile game · 2020

Kingdom Hearts Dark Road

Kingdom Hearts Dark Road is the thirteenth game set in the Kingdom Hearts series. It was released on iOS, Android, and Amazon smartphone devices on June 22, 2020 globally, as part of Kingdom Hearts Union χ's second rebranding. Now titled Kingdom Hearts Union χ Dark Road, the app makes both games available for play. The game will explore why Xehanort became a seeker of darkness and his days of training to become a Keyblade Master.

Estimated daily players

~240,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 15K2.3M

Estimated total players

~4,800,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 1.5M15M

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

Jun 22, 2020AndroidiOSESRB 16

What the estimate rests on

  • Reddit 50%
  • YouTube 50%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Kingdom Hearts Dark Road, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Reddit, YouTube, 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

~240,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 15K2.3M

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

~4,800,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 1.5M15M

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

3 readings · last 3 days

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Kingdom Hearts Dark Road per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~2,100,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 10, 2026

Community signals

How many people gather around Kingdom Hearts Dark Road outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

21,841

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

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

YouTube subscribers

380,000

First reading taken Aug 10, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Subscribers to the game’s official channel. The API quota is shared, so this refreshes daily for the highest-scoring games rather than for all of them.

Twitch viewers

0

Live channels
0

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

Not tracked for Kingdom Hearts Dark Road: Google Play, App Store, Steam, Discord. 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

Xehanort, living bored on the Destiny Islands, is approached by Ansem, his Heartless from the future, and is shuffled through a portal to Scala Ad Caelum, a world where Keyblade Wielders are trained. Some time later, Xehanort, now a Keyblade Wielder, and his classmates Eraqus, Urd, Bragi, Vor, and Hermod are told by their master Odin that seven upperclassmen have gone missing before their Mark of Mastery exam, with the sister of fellow classmate Baldr among them. While they are far from ready, Odin tasks the youths to find the missing seven by scouring the many worlds. Before they leave, Xehanort and his classmates discuss the state of the worlds: even long after the events of the Keyblade War, many fragments of the World are still forming, and those that have already formed flow on different timeframes — while one may be far in the future in terms of technology, another may be still in the beginnings of bearing life or basic technological advancements. With that in mind, and the order not to interfere in the affairs of other worlds, Xehanort and his friends begin their search, splitting into two teams. While they do not find traces of their friends at the end of the day, they remain resolute. Four years later, Xehanort, having just put fresh flowers on four gravestones, says his goodbyes to Eraqus, stating he's going off on his own, to see what the master hasn't shown them. While Eraqus hates the idea, he isn't going to stop him, knowing that he'll be back since they need to settle the score for their games.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Kingdom Hearts Dark Road?

We estimate that about 4,800,000 people have played Kingdom Hearts Dark Road — plausibly between 1.5M and 15M. Around 240,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 15K and 2.3M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Reddit, YouTube and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Kingdom Hearts Dark Road still active?

Yes. Kingdom Hearts Dark Road 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 Kingdom Hearts Dark Road 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 3 readings taken since August 8, 2026.

How big is the Kingdom Hearts Dark Road Reddit community?

Kingdom Hearts Dark Road has 21,841 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Kingdom Hearts Dark Road YouTube community?

Kingdom Hearts Dark Road has 380,000 subscribers on YouTube, as of August 10, 2026.

When was Kingdom Hearts Dark Road released?

Kingdom Hearts Dark Road was released on June 22, 2020 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Kingdom Hearts Dark Road available on?

Kingdom Hearts Dark Road is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play, App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).

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