Mobile game · 2017

Tales of the Rays

Tales of the Rays is a free-to-play mobile game featuring various characters across the "Tales of" franchise, with a battle system reminiscent of the battle systems seen in the mainline titles. The classic Tales RPG series comes to phones and tablets in an all new epic JRPG. Experience epic 3-D action with an all-new Linear Motion Battle system, using simple controls optimized for mobile devices. Unleash deadly Mirrage Artes for powerful attacks with simple taps and swipes. In Tales of the Rays, Ix and Mileena are descended from a bloodline of Mirrists. Join them on an epic quest to revive their world, as they meet and learn from past Tales heroes. Explore dungeons full of treasures and deadly monsters across sprawling world maps. Meet characters from your favorite Tales games throughout the world and in limited time events, and enjoy fully animated cut-scenes with the classic soundtrack and music! The global version of the game was shutdown in May 2018 but continued in Japan receiving multiple major updates to it's story and systems.

Estimated daily players

~11,0000.0%

Range 800–96K

Estimated total players

~220,0000.0%

Range 80K–640K

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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

Feb 28, 2017Android iOS

Adventure Role-playing (RPG)Action Fantasy Open world

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Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Tales of the Rays, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on 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%

Range 800 – 96K

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

~220,000

0.0%

Range 80K – 640K

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 Tales of the Rays per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~220,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Community signals

How many people gather around Tales of the Rays outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

3,213

0.0%

Twitch viewers

Live channels: 0

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

Not tracked for Tales of the Rays: Google Play, App Store, 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.

Storyline

Once upon a time, researchers worked tirelessly to develop weapons to harness this limitless energy. The wielders of these mirrage weapons were known as “mirrists.” The Kaleidescope could deplete the anima at the core of both living and material things, and turn them into light particles. It was a fearsome weapon in times of war. But the cost was far too great... Rampant use had caused anima to separate from the world itself. Lands, forests and all of the people in them turned to dust and vanished. But then, a mirrist stepped forth to defend the world. Wracked with guilt for the devastation their own invention had caused, the mirrist realized the one last plan to save the dying world: Project Aegis. Many years have passed since then. The gentle beauty of nature has returned to Tir Na Nog. We meet Ix and Mileena, two best friends living in peace on the island of Odanse. One fateful day, a storm of meteors rain down from the sky, obliterating their island home. Surviving by sheer chance, Ix and Mileena are rescued by a band of warriors known as the Salvation Front. The group make their way to the capital, only to learn of grave new danger to their world...

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Tales of the Rays?

We estimate that about 220,000 people have played Tales of the Rays — plausibly between 80K and 640K. Around 11,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 800 and 96K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Reddit and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Tales of the Rays still active?

Yes. Tales of the Rays 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 Tales of the Rays 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.