Head to head
AFK Journey vs Milky Way Idle
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
- Browser
- Windows
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
AFK Journey
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~47.9k | Up 0.3% |
| July 2026 | ~47.8k | — |
Milky Way Idle
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~3.8k | Up 0.8% |
| July 2026 | ~3.7k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- AFK Journey
- 921Up 82%
- Milky Way Idle
- 837Up 9.8%
AFK Journey and Milky Way Idle are nearly even on peak concurrent Steam players — 921 vs 837.
Reddit members
- AFK Journey
- 104.9kUp 0.9%
- Milky Way Idle
- 565Up 2.7%
AFK Journey currently has about 186× as many subreddit members as Milky Way Idle — 104,934 vs 565.
Twitch viewers
- AFK Journey
- 5Down 17%
- Milky Way Idle
- 0
AFK Journey currently has 5 live Twitch viewers, while Milky Way Idle has 0.
YouTube subscribers
- AFK Journey
- 333k
- Milky Way Idle
- —
AFK Journey currently has 333,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Milky Way Idle.
Discord members
- AFK Journey
- —
- Milky Way Idle
- 10kUp 0.4%
Milky Way Idle currently has 9,981 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for AFK Journey.
How these estimates are made
AFK Journey
AFK Journey is estimated to have 2k – 9k players a day. Around 22k – 57k 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.
Milky Way Idle
Milky Way Idle is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 59k – 150k 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.