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Mobile game · 2019

Sky: Children of the Light

"Embark on an unforgettable social adventure and an ever-expanding world. Sky: Children of the Light is a heartwarming and beautifully animated social adventure experience designed to be played together by you and your loved ones. Set in a wonderland above the clouds, Sky invites you and your friends to fly up to explore the buried mysteries together and rebuild a fallen kingdom for its ancient inhabitants. Using your courage and compassion, players must connect as a community to share and build on their flame to spread light back into the world."

Estimated daily players

~35,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 18K74K

Estimated total players

~6,300,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 870K16M

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Jul 11, 2019AndroidiOSGRAC AllPEGI E10+ESRB 16CERO A

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 37%
  • Steam 25%
  • App Store 19%
  • Reddit 6.8%
  • YouTube 6.8%
  • Twitch 4.9%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Sky: Children of the Light, 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

~35,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 18K74K

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

Estimated total players

~6,300,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 870K16M

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 Sky: Children of the Light per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~15,000,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Sky: Children of the Light where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

1,111,527

Average rating
4.5
Installs
10M+

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

265,761

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.8

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

Steam players in game

4,018

Reviews
24,781

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 Sky: Children of the Light outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

66,659

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

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

YouTube subscribers

256,000

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

32

Live channels
10

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 Sky: Children of the Light: 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

In Sky, players explore a once prosperous kingdom using a cape that gives them the ability to fly. The in-game world consists of seven unique realms, each with a different theme being represented as a stage of life and a variety of areas to explore. There is also Home, a small island which serves as the world hub and the starting place when the game is opened. Throughout the world, players encounter "spirits" that allow them to unlock items in return for in-game currency, and "children of light" that give players "winged light". When a player has collected enough winged light, their cape level goes up, increasing the cape's maximum energy and allowing the player to fly farther.

Trailers

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Sky: Children of the Light?

We estimate that about 6,300,000 people have played Sky: Children of the Light — plausibly between 870K and 16M. Around 35,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 18K and 74K. 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 Sky: Children of the Light still active?

Yes. Sky: Children of the Light 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 Sky: Children of the Light 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 Sky: Children of the Light Reddit community?

Sky: Children of the Light has 66,659 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Sky: Children of the Light YouTube community?

Sky: Children of the Light has 256,000 subscribers on YouTube, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Sky: Children of the Light Twitch community?

Sky: Children of the Light has 32 viewers on Twitch, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Sky: Children of the Light released?

Sky: Children of the Light was released on July 11, 2019 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Sky: Children of the Light available on?

Sky: Children of the Light is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play, App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).

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