Mobile game · 2011

Talking Ben the Dog

Talking Ben the Dog is a simulator game. To make Ben responsive, you will have to bother him long enough that he will fold his newspaper. Then you can talk to him, poke or tickle him or even have a telephone conversation with him. If you get Ben to his laboratory however, he becomes as happy as a puppy. There you can do chemistry experiments by mixing a combination of two test tubes together and see the hilarious reactions.

Estimated daily players

~350,0000.0%

Range 35K–2.1M

Estimated total players

~7,000,0000.0%

Range 3.5M–14M

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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

Apr 29, 2011Android iOS

Simulator Comedy

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What the estimate rests on

Google Play 66%
App Store 34%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Talking Ben the Dog, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, 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

~350,000

0.0%

Range 35K – 2.1M

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

~7,000,000

0.0%

Range 3.5M – 14M

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 Talking Ben the Dog per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~25,000,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Talking Ben the Dog where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

1,553,709

Average rating: 4.1
Installs: 100M+

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

App Store ratings

116,576

0.0%

Average rating: 4.4

Community signals

How many people gather around Talking Ben the Dog outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Twitch viewers

Live channels: 0

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

Not tracked for Talking Ben the Dog: Steam, 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.

Storyline

Ben is a retired chemistry professor who likes his quiet comfortable life of eating, drinking and reading newspapers.

Trailer

Gameplay Trailer

Screenshots

Frequently asked questions

How many people play Talking Ben the Dog?

We estimate that about 7,000,000 people have played Talking Ben the Dog — plausibly between 3.5M and 14M. Around 350,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 35K and 2.1M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Talking Ben the Dog still active?

Yes. Talking Ben the Dog 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 Talking Ben the Dog 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.