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Mobile game · 2016

Pixel Starships

Pixel Starships is the world's first full spaceship management game in an 8-bit massive online universe. Build your starship, recruit and train a diverse crew, and engage in epic battles with players around the globe. From constructing a strategic layout for your ship to managing resources like power and weapons, every decision you make impacts your journey through space. Explore mysterious planets, complete challenging missions, and research advanced technologies to upgrade your ship. With real-time PvP battles, alliances, and a thriving online community, Pixel Starships combines strategy, simulation, and RPG elements in a seamless space-faring adventure. Whether you’re commanding from the bridge or strategizing your next move, Pixel Starships offers a galaxy of possibilities. Play for free and immerse yourself in this massive multiplayer online universe. Your spaceship, your crew, your story – become a legend in the stars!

Estimated daily players

~37,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 440320K

Estimated total players

~740,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 44K2.1M

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

Jan 6, 2016AndroidiOS

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 39%
  • Steam 27%
  • App Store 20%
  • Reddit 7.1%
  • YouTube 7.1%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Pixel Starships, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, 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

~37,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 440320K

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

Estimated total players

~740,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 44K2.1M

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 Pixel Starships per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~1,300,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Pixel Starships where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

93,070

Average rating
4.5
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

35,008

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.7

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

Steam players in game

174

Reviews
2,990

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

Only the games with a PC port appear here, but where Steam does report it is a real concurrent-player count rather than a proxy for one.

Community signals

How many people gather around Pixel Starships outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

9,214

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

YouTube subscribers

1,110

First reading taken Aug 9, 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

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

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

Not tracked for Pixel Starships: 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.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Pixel Starships?

We estimate that about 740,000 people have played Pixel Starships — plausibly between 44K and 2.1M. Around 37,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 440 and 320K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, Reddit, YouTube and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Pixel Starships still active?

Yes. Pixel Starships 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 Pixel Starships 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.

How big is the Pixel Starships Reddit community?

Pixel Starships has 9,214 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Pixel Starships YouTube community?

Pixel Starships has 1,110 subscribers on YouTube, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Pixel Starships released?

Pixel Starships was released on January 6, 2016 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Pixel Starships available on?

Pixel Starships is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play, App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).

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