The Captain is Dead Downloads & RevenueThe Captain is Dead · App Store
The Captain is Dead is #194 in Games › Board Paid in Saudi Arabia and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperThunderbox Entertainment Ltd.
CategoryGames
Price9.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.5 (65)
Version1.52
Age rating9+
First seen by us
25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)5k+ worldwide
📈Entered the top 100 in 2 charts📈Charting in a new country🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 8 events in the last 12 months
- 📈The Captain is Dead entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Board · FR · Top Paid · Strategy · FR
- 📈The Captain is Dead charting in a new countryFrance
- 📈The Captain is Dead entered the top 100Top Paid · Board · CA
- 📈The Captain is Dead charting in a new countryCanada
- 📈The Captain is Dead entered the top 100Top Paid · Board · GB
- 📈The Captain is Dead charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 🆕The Captain is Dead first spotted by AppInsider#76 in Top Paid · Board · United States
- 🆕The Captain is Dead 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
4.5 ★
65 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#194
Games › Board PaidMeasured
The Captain is Dead at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Turn-based Strategy Cartoon 2D Sci-fi medium sessions Premium
#board game adaptation #crew management #survival #single player #sci-fi #strategy
The Captain is Dead on the App Store
App details
App ID
1483950942
Publisher
Thunderbox Entertainment Ltd.
On the store since
Jan 2021
5 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 13.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase · Game Center
Content rating
9+
1 content note below
Languages
5
EN FR DE IT ES
Size
276 MB
Also listed in
Strategy, Board, Entertainment
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
The Captain is Dead 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | Games › BoardPaid | #194 |
Apps near The Captain is Dead on the chart
Games › Board Paid, around #194.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.5 ★
65 ratings
Measured
Ratings
65
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
47/100
faster than 45% 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.
What users say about The Captain is Dead
From the 12 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (67% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and its features and content.
What people like
- Fun: “Recommended for those who enjoy action-based games and want a challenge”
- Features & content: “A full selection of 18 crew members”
- Useful: “Recommended for those who enjoy action-based games and want a challenge”
- Crashes & bugs: “How are you supposed to play a game when the tutorial Is broken?”
About 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!
Based on the frantic and fun board game, this turn-based, survival/strategy puts YOU in the Captain's chair...
You must co-ordinate the crew to repair critical systems and fend off hostile aliens, or you'll share the captain’s fate. From the Chief Engineer, Weapons Officer, and visiting Admiral, all the way down to the Ensign and the ship’s Janitor, you must combine your unique talents to avoid utter annihilation in the cold depths of space!
YOU HAVE THE CONN!
Step into the Captain's chair and command the crew! Each team member has a very particular set of skills that you'll need to leverage to the full if you want to survive, including...
ADMIRAL - A master of plans and evasion.
CYBORG - Immune to the mysterious forces of deep space.
CREWMAN - Gets killed very easily... good thing there is an infinite supply!
COUNSELOR - Can manipulate skills for the best chance of success.
ENSIGN - A fast learner, and even faster runner.
CHIEF ENGINEER - Can fix the ship real quick.
SOLDIER - An expert at taking out aliens.
...with more on the way!
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!
Defend the ship against an unknown alien nemesis that will do everything they can to blast you to atoms! Fortunately you have state-of-the-art systems to help you out...
BRIDGE - Scan for threats, repair shields and communicate with your crew.
WAR ROOM - The Captain planned ahead, and left emergency dossiers to help you out.
ARMORY - Destroy alien ships with torpedoes, and activate auto-turrets to repel boarders.
CPU CORE - Power-up your crew with skills.
CARGO HOLD - Bust open the cargo pods to grab lasers, scanners, and other helpful gear.
INFIRMARY - He's dead, Jim! Oh wait... no... it's just a flesh wound. That can be fixed here.
SCIENCE LAB - Upgrade the ship, and research spooky, sub-space anomalies.
ENGINEERING - Fix the Jump Core to get the heck outta there!
JUMP TO HYPERSPACE!
If you can stay cool, repel the aliens, protect the crew, and keep the systems operational long enough to repair the Jump Core, then you can activate the engines and escape to Hyperspace!
Or is it Warp Speed? I can never remember...
Based on the frantic and fun board game, this turn-based, survival/strategy puts YOU in the Captain's chair...
You must co-ordinate the crew to repair critical systems and fend off hostile aliens, or you'll share the captain’s fate. From the Chief Engineer, Weapons Officer, and visiting Admiral, all the way down to the Ensign and the ship’s Janitor, you must combine your unique talents to avoid utter annihilation in the cold depths of space!
YOU HAVE THE CONN!
Step into the Captain's chair and command the crew! Each team member has a very particular set of skills that you'll need to leverage to the full if you want to survive, including...
ADMIRAL - A master of plans and evasion.
CYBORG - Immune to the mysterious forces of deep space.
CREWMAN - Gets killed very easily... good thing there is an infinite supply!
COUNSELOR - Can manipulate skills for the best chance of success.
ENSIGN - A fast learner, and even faster runner.
CHIEF ENGINEER - Can fix the ship real quick.
SOLDIER - An expert at taking out aliens.
...with more on the way!
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!
Defend the ship against an unknown alien nemesis that will do everything they can to blast you to atoms! Fortunately you have state-of-the-art systems to help you out...
BRIDGE - Scan for threats, repair shields and communicate with your crew.
WAR ROOM - The Captain planned ahead, and left emergency dossiers to help you out.
ARMORY - Destroy alien ships with torpedoes, and activate auto-turrets to repel boarders.
CPU CORE - Power-up your crew with skills.
CARGO HOLD - Bust open the cargo pods to grab lasers, scanners, and other helpful gear.
INFIRMARY - He's dead, Jim! Oh wait... no... it's just a flesh wound. That can be fixed here.
SCIENCE LAB - Upgrade the ship, and research spooky, sub-space anomalies.
ENGINEERING - Fix the Jump Core to get the heck outta there!
JUMP TO HYPERSPACE!
If you can stay cool, repel the aliens, protect the crew, and keep the systems operational long enough to repair the Jump Core, then you can activate the engines and escape to Hyperspace!
Or is it Warp Speed? I can never remember...
Latest updates
1.52
New in this update...
- 1st Officer: the logical choice to save the ship, with his ability to divine the perfect plan at will.
- Janitor: fixes stuff with duct tape... a regular space MacGuyver.
- Maximum crew incresed to 7.
- Tactical HUD, for those of you with big, high-def screens.
- Leaderboards ... are you the top commander?
- Eco Mode: less graphics... more battery.
- Rule tweaks, bug fixes and more!
