Head to head

Age of Empires: Online vs Viking Rise

Age of Empires: Online

Live

30 – 110 daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2011 · 15 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

30 – 110

2k – 8k

Estimated players

3.4k11%

69.8k1.0%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Age of Empires: OnlineViking Rise

Age of Empires: Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~3.2k	Up 1.5%
September 2026	~3.1k	Up 1.0%
August 2026	~3.1k	Up 17%
July 2026	~2.7k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~69.3k	Up 0.2%
September 2026	~69.2k	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~68.9k	Up 15%
July 2026	~59.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Age of Empires: Online: 5Down 50%
Viking Rise: 452Down 43%

Viking Rise currently has about 90× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Age of Empires: Online — 452 vs 5.

Discord members

Age of Empires: Online: 9.6k
Viking Rise: 263.2k

Viking Rise currently has about 27× as many Discord members as Age of Empires: Online — 263,189 vs 9,630.

Reddit members

Age of Empires: Online: 2.6kUp 0.2%
Viking Rise: —

Age of Empires: Online currently has 2,601 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Age of Empires: Online: 0Down 100%
Viking Rise: 0Down 100%

Age of Empires: Online currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Viking Rise has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Age of Empires: Online: 2.8k
Viking Rise: 113kUp 0.9%

Viking Rise currently has about 40× as many YouTube subscribers as Age of Empires: Online — 113,000 vs 2,830.

How these estimates are made

Age of Empires: Online

Age of Empires: Online is estimated to have 30 – 110 players a day. Around 17k – 44k 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.

Viking Rise

Viking Rise is estimated to have 2k – 8k players a day. Around 28k – 72k 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.