Virtual Families Downloads & RevenueVirtual Families · App Store
Virtual Families is #20 in Games › Family Paid in United States and charting in 12 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 24 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 10Top Paid · Family · IN
- 📈Virtual Families charting in a new countryPhilippines
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Grossing · Family · IN · Top Paid · Simulation · IN
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · AU
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 10Top Paid · Family · SA
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · SA · Top Paid · Games · SA · Top Paid · Simulation · SA
- 📈Virtual Families charting in a new countryMalaysia
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Family · FR · Top Paid · Simulation · FR
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 10Top Paid · Family · BR
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 100Top Paid · Simulation · IT
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 10Top Paid · Family · AU
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Games · ES · Top Paid · Simulation · KR
- 📈Virtual Families charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 100Top Paid · Family · BR
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 100Top Paid · Simulation · BR
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 10Top Paid · Family · CA
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 100Top Paid · Simulation · CA
- 📈Virtual Families charting in a new countryFrance
- 📈Virtual Families entered the top 100Top Paid · Simulation · GB
- 🆕Virtual Families first spotted by AppInsider#73 in Top Paid · Family · Japan
- 🆕Virtual Families: its developer released another app: Fish Tycoon 3 Virtual Aquarium
- 🆕Virtual Families: its developer released another app: Virtual Villagers 7
- 🆕Virtual Families released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Games › Family PaidVirtual Families at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-23. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Virtual Families is a real-time life simulation game where players adopt, train, and manage the lives of virtual characters, targeting fans of casual management and family-themed games. The app maintains a strong presence in paid Family charts across multiple regions, notably ranking #3 in South Africa and #13 in Australia, indicating sustained demand for premium casual simulations in these markets.
Similar apps: The Sims Mobile, Virtual Villagers, Tamagotchi
Life Simulation Cartoon 2D Modern short sessions Premium
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Virtual Families on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Virtual Families’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Virtual Families downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Virtual Families's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Games › FamilyPaid | #20 |
 Canada | Games › FamilyPaid | #14 |
| United States | Games › SimulationPaid | #86 |
| Japan | Games › FamilyPaid | #65 |
 United Kingdom | Games › FamilyPaid | #52 |
 Australia | Games › FamilyPaid | #45 |
 Indonesia | Games › FamilyPaid | #27 |
 South Korea | Games › FamilyPaid | #86 |
| United Kingdom | Games › SimulationPaid | #155 |
 India | Games › FamilyPaid | #83 |
| Canada | Games › SimulationPaid | #109 |
 Brazil | Games › FamilyPaid | #121 |
 Saudi Arabia | Games › FamilyPaid | #75 |
 Italy | Games › FamilyPaid | #107 |
| Australia | Games › SimulationPaid | #155 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › FamilyPaid | #59 |
| India | Games › SimulationPaid | #175 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › SimulationPaid | #113 |
Apps near Virtual Families on the chart
Games › Family Paid, around #20.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview 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 Virtual Families
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong nostalgia and affection for the game's core loop but are frustrated by a lack of content updates and progression barriers. Many players report reaching a dead end with excess currency and no new goals, while others cite technical bugs that force unintended restarts.
Mixed but leaning positive (70% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and being fun. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads.
What people like
- Updates: “UPDATE & ADD DIVERSITY PLEASE”
- Fun: “I really enjoy having this game on my phone”
- Price & subscription: “Money comes too slowly and can't afford anything?”
- Ease of use: “Awesome game, but I wish it was easier to get twins or triplets”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I’m just glad I NEVER spent real money on it”
- Ads: “no wonder there are NO ADS”
- Updates: “I thought they updated all this OUT !”
About Virtual Families
The game continues to progress in true real time, even when your iPhone is turned off, so don’t forget to check in regularly to care for your little people.
More about Virtual Families:
* Real-time game play, with new surprises every time you turn on the game!
* Fully trainable people: shape and adapt their personalities through praising and scolding!
* Marry for love; marry for money – the choice is yours.
* Raise children and enjoy them as they grow up and go off to college.
* Dynamic illness system. Play doctor!
* Solve hidden puzzles around the house.
* Improve the house and pass it to successive generations.
* Random Events: unique and unpredictable email and house events that bring everything from the tax man to free stuff!
* Collectibles: dozens of unique collectibles for your family to collect and sell.
* Trophies: over 100 trophies that can be earned for almost every area of game play.
* Weather ranging from sunny days to thunderstorms.
Recommended for people who enjoy Virtual Villagers, and other life sims!
LDW games have been awarded with:
* Sim Game of the Year – Game Tunnel
* The Zeebys – Gamezebo
* Parents Choice Recommended Award
* iParenting Media Award
Check out our other hit games: Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children, Virtual Villagers, and Fish Tycoon!
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