Head to head

AFK Journey vs M.A.R.S.

AFK Journey

Live

1k – 5k daily

M.A.R.S.

Live

78 – 270 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2024 · 3 years ago

October 2021 · 5 years ago

Daily players

1k – 5k

78 – 270

Estimated players

92.7k0.3%

1.3k1.0%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

AFK JourneyM.A.R.S.

AFK Journey

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~94.8k	Up 0.6%
September 2026	~94.3k	Up 66%
August 2026	~57k	Up 19%
July 2026	~47.8k	—

M.A.R.S.

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.3k	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~1.3k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~1.3k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~1.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

AFK Journey: 397Down 42%
M.A.R.S.: 21Down 48%

AFK Journey currently has about 19× as many peak concurrent Steam players as M.A.R.S. — 397 vs 21.

Discord members

AFK Journey: 178.2kDown 1.0%
M.A.R.S.: 4.2kDown 0.7%

AFK Journey currently has about 43× as many Discord members as M.A.R.S. — 178,208 vs 4,179.

Reddit members

AFK Journey: 106.7kUp 0.6%
M.A.R.S.: —

AFK Journey currently has 106,746 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for M.A.R.S..

Twitch viewers

AFK Journey: 1Down 80%
M.A.R.S.: 0

AFK Journey currently has 1 live Twitch viewers, while M.A.R.S. has 0.

YouTube subscribers

AFK Journey: 333k
M.A.R.S.: 2.5k

AFK Journey currently has about 132× as many YouTube subscribers as M.A.R.S. — 333,000 vs 2,520.

How these estimates are made

AFK Journey

AFK Journey is estimated to have 1k – 5k players a day. Around 25k – 64k 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.

M.A.R.S.

M.A.R.S. is estimated to have 78 – 270 players a day. Around 32k – 82k 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.