Steam players in game
16
- Reviews
- 5,078
First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.
Mobile game · 2011
SpaceChem
Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products! Streamline your designs to meet production quotas and survive encounters with the sinister threats that plague SpaceChem.
Estimated daily players
~1700.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 84–350
Estimated total players
~180,0000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 100K–300K
Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out
Player estimates
Nobody publishes how many people play SpaceChem, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Steam, 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
~170
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 84 – 350
Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.
Estimated total players
~180,000
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 100K – 300K
Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.
Average estimated players per month
| Month | Estimated total players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~180,000 | — |
Community activity
Last checked Aug 9, 2026
Store signals
How many people have rated, reviewed or installed SpaceChem where it is sold.
Community signals
How many people gather around SpaceChem outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.
Not tracked for SpaceChem: Google Play, App Store, Discord, Reddit, 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 SpaceChem?
We estimate that about 180,000 people have played SpaceChem — plausibly between 100K and 300K. Around 170 of them play on a given day, in a range of 84 and 350. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Steam and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.
Is SpaceChem still active?
Yes. SpaceChem 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 SpaceChem 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 1 readings taken since August 9, 2026.
When was SpaceChem released?
SpaceChem was released on October 1, 2011 for Android and iOS.
What platforms is SpaceChem available on?
SpaceChem is available on Android and iOS.
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