Mobile game · 2019

Truxton

Truxton is a 1988 vertically scrolling, shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan, later ported to the Mega Drive (worldwide) and the PC Engine (Japan-only). Like many other scrolling shooters, the game is set in outer space, where the player takes control of a small spaceship across several planets. The game is played with an eight-way joystick and two buttons (a shot and a bomb button) through five large levels and their bosses (which then loop forever, at higher difficulties).

Estimated daily players

~2300.0%

Range 24–1.3K

Estimated total players

~4,6000.0%

Range 2.4K–8.7K

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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

Sep 20, 2019Android iOSCLASS IND 10

Arcade Shooter Action Science fiction

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Google Play App Store (iPhone)

What the estimate rests on

Google Play 45%
Steam 31%
App Store 24%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Truxton, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, 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

~230

0.0%

Range 24 – 1.3K

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

Estimated total players

~4,600

0.0%

Range 2.4K – 8.7K

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

Estimated daily players over time

from live counts

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Truxton per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~31,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Truxton where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

6,738

Average rating: 4.2
Installs: 500K+

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

App Store ratings

0.0%

Average rating: 4.6

Steam players in game

Reviews: 112

Community signals

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

Twitch viewers

Live channels: 0

First reading taken Aug 8, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Not tracked for Truxton: 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

Taking place somewhere in space: an armada of Gidans, led by the evil Dogurava, is invading the planet Borogo aboard five gargantuan asteroids. After surviving an attack on an orbiting Borogo cargo barge, a pilot enters one remaining fighter and challenges the Gidans in a desperate attempt to quell the alien invasion and divert their asteroid fortresses in the process.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Truxton?

We estimate that about 4,600 people have played Truxton — plausibly between 2.4K and 8.7K. Around 230 of them play on a given day, in a range of 24 and 1.3K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Truxton still active?

Yes. Truxton 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 Truxton 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.