Head to head

AFK Journey vs Lost Ark

AFK Journey

Live

2k – 7k daily

Lost Ark

Live

15k – 54k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2024 · 3 years ago

December 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

2k – 7k

15k – 54k

Estimated players

94.7k0.2%

63.9k

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

AFK JourneyLost Ark

AFK Journey

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~94.3k	Up 66%
August 2026	~57k	Up 19%
July 2026	~47.8k	—

Lost Ark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~63.3k	Down 1.8%
August 2026	~64.4k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~64.3k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

AFK Journey: 723Up 15%
Lost Ark: 4.9kDown 26%

Lost Ark currently has about 6.8× as many peak concurrent Steam players as AFK Journey — 4,919 vs 723.

Discord members

AFK Journey: 180.5kDown 0.2%
Lost Ark: —

AFK Journey currently has 180,491 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Lost Ark.

Reddit members

AFK Journey: 105.3kUp 1.1%
Lost Ark: 299.7kUp 0.2%

Lost Ark currently has about 2.8× as many subreddit members as AFK Journey — 299,714 vs 105,293.

Twitch viewers

AFK Journey: 6Down 68%
Lost Ark: 1.2kUp 4.4%

Lost Ark currently has about 204× as many live Twitch viewers as AFK Journey — 1,221 vs 6.

YouTube subscribers

AFK Journey: 333k
Lost Ark: 103k

AFK Journey currently has about 3.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Lost Ark — 333,000 vs 103,000.

How these estimates are made

AFK Journey

AFK Journey is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 23k – 59k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

Lost Ark

Lost Ark is estimated to have 15k – 54k players a day. Around 3m – 7m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.