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Mobile game · 2016

Liyla and the Shadows of War

A man's attempts to keep himself and his family safe from the ongoing war around them. Based on real events from the war in Palestine.

Estimated daily players

~17,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 100380K

Estimated total players

~350,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 10K2.5M

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

May 18, 2016AndroidiOSPEGI AOESRB RP

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 66%
  • App Store 34%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Liyla and the Shadows of War, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store. 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

~17,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 100380K

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

~350,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 10K2.5M

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 Liyla and the Shadows of War per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~180,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Liyla and the Shadows of War where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

56,124

Average rating
4.7
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

173

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.6

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

Not tracked for Liyla and the Shadows of War: Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube, Twitch. 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

When you live in a war zone and death is hunting everyone, things will look different and choices become harder. Face your fate in an unjust war to survive with your family from the shadows of war. Time is running against you, your family is in danger and there is nowhere to hide or to do but to get them out of the home through a hero journey to a safer place. Shooting and bombing everywhere and it will hunt you unless you make fast decisions as you progress through different events. These events are real and they will make you choose the hard way. Live or die!

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Liyla and the Shadows of War?

We estimate that about 350,000 people have played Liyla and the Shadows of War — plausibly between 10K and 2.5M. Around 17,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 100 and 380K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play and App Store rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Liyla and the Shadows of War still active?

Yes. Liyla and the Shadows of War 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 Liyla and the Shadows of War 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 Liyla and the Shadows of War released?

Liyla and the Shadows of War was released on May 18, 2016 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Liyla and the Shadows of War available on?

Liyla and the Shadows of War is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play and App Store (iPhone).

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