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Pixel Rugby is #107 in Games › Sports Free in Australia and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperSwipeglass
CategoryGames
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 3.9 (8)
Version1.17.0
Age rating4+
First seen by us
25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)1k+ worldwide
✏️New iPad screenshots✏️New screenshots📦Updated to version 1.17.0📈Charting in a new country📦Updated to version 1.16.0📈Entered the top 100🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 74 events
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· GB
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· AU, IT
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AU, IT
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.17.0- Small grounds rebuilt, with crowd barriers, picnics on the bank and a marquee behind the posts
- A Caribbean backdrop for the island nations
- Newspapers now name the try scorers
- Player of the match interviews after a hat-trick in a win
- Match and season try records in Careers
- Kit updates for Romania, Desertland and Westerdam
- Bug fixes and polish… more - 📈Pixel Rugby charting in a new countryItaly
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· AU, GB
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AU, GB
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.16.0- A name for every player that suits their nation, ready to rename
- TV graphics for your try scorers and kicker in "televised" matches
- Bigger matches get bigger broadcasts, with a TV button to switch them on or off
- Commentator captions on every try and every kick
- Both sides' try scorers and kickers on the full-time screen
- A bolder TRY! and tap prompts always at the foot of the screen
- Spain's new white away kit
- Bug fixes and polish… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: description updated· AU
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.15.0- Each side's try count beside the score, with a setting to show it in every match
- The commentator calls out tries by players you've named
- A clubhouse behind the posts at the 32 smaller grounds, with the trees closer
- Club grounds for Malta, Croatia, Sweden, Austria, Israel, Ukraine and Greece
- Printed sponsor boards at the smaller grounds, in place of screens
- World rankings updated to the latest table
- Bug fixes and polish… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: description updated· GB
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.14.0- Club grounds for 15 nations, with a small covered stand on halfway
- Place kicks from a tee, with a more natural flight to the posts
- New kits for Sweden, Desertland and Norcom
- Bug fixes and polish - ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· GB
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.13.0- Pre-match build-up for ranked Tests, with pundits in the studio or a reporter outside the ground
- A cleaner pause menu, with Continue Playing on top
- Characters talk in time with their words
- New kits for Germany and Lithuania
- Metropolitan club is now simply called Metro
- Bug fixes and polish… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: description updated· GB
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· GB
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.12.0- New half-time shows: fans playing in the field, mascot and dog races, a fan's prize kick and a military band
- Teams now shake hands at full time
- Quick Match now shows clearly what a win or a loss does to your ranking
- Crowds are now determined by factors such as world rankings and each country's love of rugby
- Players now ground the ball when they score a try without diving
- Studio and interview scenes stop on their last line instead of repeating
- Kit updates for Belgium, Brazil and Zimbabwe
- On Expert, a lost scrum costs you the ball
- Bug fixes and polish… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: description updated· AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AU
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.10.0- Touch judges behind the posts on kicks at goal
- A referee at the scrum, calling "crouch, bind, set" as the packs engage
- Trophy presentation on a stage after every title, with confetti and the coaches
- Your captain holds the cup in the interview after winning a final
- Many more lines for the pundits, the captain and the video podcasts, now playing until you tap
- Updated world rankings
- Bug fixes and polish… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AU
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.8.0- Feel tackles and scrums on iPhone, with a new Haptics setting
- Bug fixes and polish - ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· AU, GB
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AU, GB
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.6.0- A cleaner look for match messages, scrums and kicks
- Clearer intro cards and easier-to-read small text
- Bug fixes and polish - ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· GB, AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB, AU
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.5.0- New goal posts, padded in the home team's colors
- Padded corner posts and a slimmer try line
- Kicks now sail high over the bar and on into the stands
- Clock and battery back on iPhone
- Scotland up to 6th in the world rankings
- More realistic scores in simulated matches
- Bug fixes and polish… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: description updated· GB, AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· GB, AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB, AU
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.4.1- Clearer rain, with heavy rain now looking heavier
- Apple Watch app now works on watchOS 26
- Better layout on iPhone Duo, folded or unfolded
- Bug fixes and minor improvements - ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· GB
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: devices changed+ Watch
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: app got bigger24 MB → 32 MB (+32%)
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.4.0- Now available on Apple Watch, with Endless Runner played on the Digital Crown
- A brand new pitch, with retro grass and chalk lines
- Subtle new shading on the players, with rounded scrum caps
- New pitch-side sponsor boards
- Better layout on iPhone Duo
- A cleaner CRT filter, lighter on the battery
- Minor bug fixes and polish… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· GB, AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB, AU
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.3.0- Now on Mac, with one Pro purchase covering every device
- Endless Runner now leads the main menu
- Endless Runner now keeps your best 200 runs
- New menu bar on iPad, with sound, language, difficulty and more
- Updated default world rankings
- Minor bug fixes and polish… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: app got bigger18 MB → 24 MB (+35%)
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AU
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.2.0- Now on Apple TV, with one Pro purchase covering every device
- Bigger fan chat reactions after big wins and heavy defeats
- Fan names for more countries across Asia and Europe, with looks to match
- Minor bug fixes and polish… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AU
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.1.0- New Edit Player screen, with beards, glasses, a front view of each player, and a captain and vice-captain
- Redesigned team cards with squads shown as player cards
- Two new hair colors: Ginger and Platinum
- Newspaper front pages are now shareable
- Other bug fixes and polish… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: categories changed+ Casual − Simulation
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: description updated· AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: description updated· GB
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB
- 📦Pixel Rugby: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.0.9- New "Mixed" option for Game Ambience, with the match music and the crowd together
- Four new player hairstyles: Ponytail, Braid, Side braid, and Low bun
- Updates to fan group chats
- Improvements to coaches on the training ground
- Tournaments now open on a free cup you can play start to finish
- Career table fully navigable by keyboard, including divisions, results and fixtures
- Minor bug fixes and polish… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AU
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: app got bigger8 MB → 18 MB (+112%)
- ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.0.8- Fan group chat after full time, reacting to your results
- New soundtrack for the menus and matches
- New themes for home, away, knockout and final matches
- Menu music now picks up where it left off when you come back
- Minor bug fixes and polishing… more - ✏️Pixel Rugby: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB
- 📦Pixel Rugby updated to version 1.0.7- Change difficulty mid-match, from the level now shown in the corner
- Redesigned pause menu, with End Match in place of Simulate
- Two new My Team hairstyles, cornrows with or without a headband
- Minor bug fixes and polish… more - 📈Pixel Rugby entered the top 100Top Free · Sports · GB
- 📈Pixel Rugby charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 🆕Pixel Rugby first spotted by AppInsider#65 in Top Free · Sports · Australia
- 📦Pixel Rugby version 1.0.6- Match stats at full time and half time, showing tries, conversions, three-point kicks, goal-kicking accuracy and how many of your possessions produced points
- A new banded jersey style, worn by Luxembourg and several Newland clubs
- Newland club updates: new kits, crests and flags across ten clubs
- Squad updates for New Zealand, England, Wales, Fiji and Japan
- Fewer forced kit changes, so two sides are easier to tell apart when their colours are close
- Minor bug fixes and polish… more - 🆕Pixel Rugby released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
3.9 ★
8 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#107
Games › Sports FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
1
App Store, 4-week average
Measured
Pixel Rugby on the App Store
App details
App ID
6802114535
Publisher
Swipeglass LLC
On the store since
Sep 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
3
EN FR ES
Size
33 MB
Also listed in
Casual, Sports
Pixel Rugby downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Games › SportsFree | #107 |
Apps near Pixel Rugby on the chart
Games › Sports Free, around #107.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
3.9 ★
8 ratings
Measured
Ratings
8
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
3.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
52/100
faster than 53% of Games apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About Pixel Rugby
Retro arcade rugby you play with one thumb. Your five players run up the pitch across five lanes. Pass to the lane above or below to get round defenders, then dive over the line to score.
You attack, the computer defends, and the other side's possessions are simulated, so a full match takes about five minutes.
Easy to learn, with plenty to dig into: 100 nations, world rankings your results really move, a 20-club career and eleven tournaments.
IPHONE, IPAD, APPLE TV AND MAC
One purchase covers all four, with your save synced between them. On Apple TV you play with the Siri Remote, and on Mac with the keyboard or trackpad. Apple Watch gets its own Endless Runner, free for everyone, passing with the Digital Crown.
FOUR WAYS TO PLAY
Endless Runner:
One sprint, three hearts, and a tougher nation every 100 metres until only the world number one is left. Distance is your score, with a top-200 board kept on your device.
Quick Match:
Two nations, one short match. Play it as a ranked Test that moves the world rankings, or as a friendly that changes nothing. Hold the button instead of tapping it for a surprise fixture, always away from home.
Tournaments:
Eleven competitions: the Global Cup, the North and South Nations, and eight more cups. Who qualifies comes from your own world rankings, so a nation you build up can reach a cup it couldn't before. The Global Cup takes the best of each region plus five wildcards, so every continent is always there.
Career:
Twenty clubs in two divisions, with promotion and relegation. It saves after every match, so a season works fine in short sittings. Before a season starts you can choose standard bonus points or the French system, where the attacking bonus needs three more tries than the other side instead of four in total.
MATCH DAY ON TV
Big matches open with TV pundits previewing the game and end with a TV interview with your captain. Other career matches get a video podcast: a preview before kickoff or a recap after. After the final whistle your supporters' group chat reacts, and a newspaper covers the round. You can turn each of these off in Settings > Atmosphere.
ALSO IN THE GAME
• Pixel art, an optional CRT filter and a chiptune soundtrack.
• Weather that changes how a match plays.
• Anthems and war dances before kickoff.
• Your own squad: name your players, choose their looks and earn them stars in Training.
• Haptics on iPhone, so you feel the tackles and the scrums.
• Two kits for every nation and three for every club.
• Crowds that grow or shrink with who is playing and where.
Fully playable in English, French and Spanish.
FREE AND PRO
Free: the Endless Runner, Quick Match friendlies, the first three rounds of a career, and two complete tournaments.
One purchase unlocks the rest for good: ranked Tests, every tournament, the full career and save sync across your devices. No subscription. It covers iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac.
NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS, NO TRACKING
Nothing to sign up for and n
You attack, the computer defends, and the other side's possessions are simulated, so a full match takes about five minutes.
Easy to learn, with plenty to dig into: 100 nations, world rankings your results really move, a 20-club career and eleven tournaments.
IPHONE, IPAD, APPLE TV AND MAC
One purchase covers all four, with your save synced between them. On Apple TV you play with the Siri Remote, and on Mac with the keyboard or trackpad. Apple Watch gets its own Endless Runner, free for everyone, passing with the Digital Crown.
FOUR WAYS TO PLAY
Endless Runner:
One sprint, three hearts, and a tougher nation every 100 metres until only the world number one is left. Distance is your score, with a top-200 board kept on your device.
Quick Match:
Two nations, one short match. Play it as a ranked Test that moves the world rankings, or as a friendly that changes nothing. Hold the button instead of tapping it for a surprise fixture, always away from home.
Tournaments:
Eleven competitions: the Global Cup, the North and South Nations, and eight more cups. Who qualifies comes from your own world rankings, so a nation you build up can reach a cup it couldn't before. The Global Cup takes the best of each region plus five wildcards, so every continent is always there.
Career:
Twenty clubs in two divisions, with promotion and relegation. It saves after every match, so a season works fine in short sittings. Before a season starts you can choose standard bonus points or the French system, where the attacking bonus needs three more tries than the other side instead of four in total.
MATCH DAY ON TV
Big matches open with TV pundits previewing the game and end with a TV interview with your captain. Other career matches get a video podcast: a preview before kickoff or a recap after. After the final whistle your supporters' group chat reacts, and a newspaper covers the round. You can turn each of these off in Settings > Atmosphere.
ALSO IN THE GAME
• Pixel art, an optional CRT filter and a chiptune soundtrack.
• Weather that changes how a match plays.
• Anthems and war dances before kickoff.
• Your own squad: name your players, choose their looks and earn them stars in Training.
• Haptics on iPhone, so you feel the tackles and the scrums.
• Two kits for every nation and three for every club.
• Crowds that grow or shrink with who is playing and where.
Fully playable in English, French and Spanish.
FREE AND PRO
Free: the Endless Runner, Quick Match friendlies, the first three rounds of a career, and two complete tournaments.
One purchase unlocks the rest for good: ranked Tests, every tournament, the full career and save sync across your devices. No subscription. It covers iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac.
NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS, NO TRACKING
Nothing to sign up for and n
Latest updates
1.17.0
- Small grounds rebuilt, with crowd barriers, picnics on the bank and a marquee behind the posts
- A Caribbean backdrop for the island nations
- Newspapers now name the try scorers
- Player of the match interviews after a hat-trick in a win
- Match and season try records in Careers
- Kit updates for Romania, Desertland and Westerdam
- Bug fixes and polish
1.16.0
- A name for every player that suits their nation, ready to rename
- TV graphics for your try scorers and kicker in "televised" matches
- Bigger matches get bigger broadcasts, with a TV button to switch them on or off
- Commentator captions on every try and every kick
- Both sides' try scorers and kickers on the full-time screen
- A bolder TRY! and tap prompts always at the foot of the screen
- Spain's new white away kit
- Bug fixes and polish
1.15.0
- Each side's try count beside the score, with a setting to show it in every match
- The commentator calls out tries by players you've named
- A clubhouse behind the posts at the 32 smaller grounds, with the trees closer
- Club grounds for Malta, Croatia, Sweden, Austria, Israel, Ukraine and Greece
- Printed sponsor boards at the smaller grounds, in place of screens
- World rankings updated to the latest table
- Bug fixes and polish
Store changes
What Pixel Rugby changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots 
New screenshots
10 screenshots (was 10)
New iPad screenshots 