Head to head
AFK Journey vs Starward
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
- PlayStation
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
AFK Journey
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~94.3k | Up 66% |
| August 2026 | ~57k | Up 19% |
| July 2026 | ~47.8k | — |
Starward
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~4.9k | Up 0.2% |
| August 2026 | ~4.9k | Up 7.7% |
| July 2026 | ~4.5k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- AFK Journey
- 842Up 3.2%
- Starward
- 1.6kDown 40%
Starward currently has about 1.9× as many peak concurrent Steam players as AFK Journey — 1,590 vs 842.
Discord members
- AFK Journey
- 180.1kDown 0.4%
- Starward
- —
AFK Journey currently has 180,071 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Starward.
Reddit members
- AFK Journey
- 106kUp 0.8%
- Starward
- —
AFK Journey currently has 105,983 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Starward.
Twitch viewers
- AFK Journey
- 27Up 238%
- Starward
- 107Down 4.5%
Starward currently has about 4× as many live Twitch viewers as AFK Journey — 107 vs 27.
YouTube subscribers
- AFK Journey
- 333k
- Starward
- 34.2kUp 0.9%
AFK Journey currently has about 9.7× as many YouTube subscribers as Starward — 333,000 vs 34,200.
How these estimates are made
AFK Journey
AFK Journey is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 24k – 62k 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.
Starward
Starward is estimated to have 5k – 18k players a day. Around 89k – 230k 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.