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Mobile game · 2012

Puzzle & Dragons

Puzzle & Dragons is a puzzle video game with elements of RPGs and strategy games, developed by GungHo Online Entertainment for the iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire platforms. In Japan, the title is often shortened to Pazudora, while in English it is shortened to PAD. Puzzle & Dragons is at its core a match-three puzzle game, requiring players to move and match colored orbs arranged in a grid. The amount and type of matches determine which of the six monsters on the player's team attack the waves of enemy monsters and how much damage they do. An additional layer of challenge is the acquisition, selection, and improvement of a team of monsters from among thousands ranging from standard fantasy fare, to deities from several religions and mythologies and characters from popular entertainment franchises. The game is free-to-play and financed by the sale of in-game currency. It has seen great commercial success in Japan, where it was downloaded 32 million times by November 2014, and was also released in other Asian countries as well as in North America and many European countries. In September 2015, total worldwide downloads surpassed 50 million. Puzzle & Dragons is the first mobile game in history to reach $1 Billion in revenue.

Estimated daily players

~11,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 1.1K66K

Estimated total players

~220,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 110K440K

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

Sep 18, 2012AndroidiOS

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 54%
  • App Store 29%
  • Reddit 10.0%
  • Twitch 7.1%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Puzzle & Dragons, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Reddit, 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

~11,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 1.1K66K

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

Estimated total players

~220,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 110K440K

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 Puzzle & Dragons per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~1,100,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Puzzle & Dragons where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

109,680

Average rating
3.9
Installs
5M+

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

3,663

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.4

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

Community signals

How many people gather around Puzzle & Dragons outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

51,573

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

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

Twitch viewers

2

Live channels
1

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 Puzzle & Dragons: Steam, Discord, 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 Puzzle & Dragons?

We estimate that about 220,000 people have played Puzzle & Dragons — plausibly between 110K and 440K. Around 11,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 1.1K and 66K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Reddit and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Puzzle & Dragons still active?

Yes. Puzzle & Dragons 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 Puzzle & Dragons 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 Puzzle & Dragons Reddit community?

Puzzle & Dragons has 51,573 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Puzzle & Dragons Twitch community?

Puzzle & Dragons has 2 viewers on Twitch, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Puzzle & Dragons released?

Puzzle & Dragons was released on September 18, 2012 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Puzzle & Dragons available on?

Puzzle & Dragons is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play and App Store (iPhone).

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