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Mobile game · 2005

The Powder Toy

The Powder Toy is a Free Sand like physics game allowing users to create and upload creations and levels.

Estimated daily players

~5,5000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 39047K

Estimated total players

~110,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 39K310K

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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

Dec 31, 2005AndroidESRB 12

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What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 54%
  • Steam 37%
  • Reddit 9.9%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play The Powder Toy, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, Steam, 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

~5,500

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 39047K

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

Estimated total players

~110,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 39K310K

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for The Powder Toy per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~530,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed The Powder Toy where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

14,814

Average rating
4.3
Installs
1M+

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.

Steam players in game

145

Reviews
2,875

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 The Powder Toy outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

1,559

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

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

Twitch viewers

0

Live channels
0

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 The Powder Toy: App Store, 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.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play The Powder Toy?

We estimate that about 110,000 people have played The Powder Toy — plausibly between 39K and 310K. Around 5,500 of them play on a given day, in a range of 390 and 47K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, Steam, Reddit and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is The Powder Toy still active?

Yes. The Powder Toy 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 Powder Toy 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.

How big is the The Powder Toy Reddit community?

The Powder Toy has 1,559 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

When was The Powder Toy released?

The Powder Toy was released on December 31, 2005 for Android.

What platforms is The Powder Toy available on?

The Powder Toy is available on Android. You can get it from Google Play.

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