App Store ratings
63
0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026- Average rating
- 4.5
Mobile game · 2021
The Captain is Dead
It's the last 10 minutes of your favorite sci-fi TV show... except that this time things have gone seriously wrong and The Captain Is Dead! This turn-based, survival strategy game puts you in the Captain's chair as you try to save your crew from being blown to bits by aliens...
Estimated daily players
~1700.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 18–990
Estimated total players
~3,5000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 1.8K–6.6K
Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out
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What the estimate rests on
- App Store 67%
- Steam 33%
Player estimates
Nobody publishes how many people play The Captain is Dead, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on App Store, 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 18 – 990
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
~3,500
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 1.8K – 6.6K
Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.
Estimated total players over time
3 readings · last 3 days
Average estimated players per month
| Month | Estimated total players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~3,600 | — |
Community activity
Last checked Aug 10, 2026
Store signals
How many people have rated, reviewed or installed The Captain is Dead where it is sold.
Community signals
How many people gather around The Captain is Dead outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.
Not tracked for The Captain is Dead: Google Play, 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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How many people play The Captain is Dead?
We estimate that about 3,500 people have played The Captain is Dead — plausibly between 1.8K and 6.6K. Around 170 of them play on a given day, in a range of 18 and 990. Both figures are modelled from public counts on App Store, Steam and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.
Is The Captain is Dead still active?
Yes. The Captain is Dead 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 The Captain is Dead 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 3 readings taken since August 8, 2026.
When was The Captain is Dead released?
The Captain is Dead was released on January 31, 2021 for iOS.
What platforms is The Captain is Dead available on?
The Captain is Dead is available on iOS. You can get it from App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).
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