Head to head
Animal Company vs Milky Way Idle
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Browser
- Windows
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Animal Company
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~120.1k | Down 1.5% |
| September 2026 | ~121.9k | Down 1.7% |
| August 2026 | ~124k | Down 0.3% |
| July 2026 | ~124.4k | — |
Milky Way Idle
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~3.7k | Down 2.1% |
| September 2026 | ~3.8k | Up 1.0% |
| August 2026 | ~3.8k | Up 1.1% |
| July 2026 | ~3.7k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Animal Company
- 9Down 90%
- Milky Way Idle
- 810Down 12%
Milky Way Idle currently has about 90× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Animal Company — 810 vs 9.
Discord members
- Animal Company
- 449.8k
- Milky Way Idle
- 10kUp 0.4%
Animal Company currently has about 45× as many Discord members as Milky Way Idle — 449,785 vs 10,022.
Reddit members
- Animal Company
- 2.6kUp 1.3%
- Milky Way Idle
- 588Up 2.6%
Animal Company currently has about 4.4× as many subreddit members as Milky Way Idle — 2,589 vs 588.
Twitch viewers
- Animal Company
- 4
- Milky Way Idle
- 0Down 100%
Animal Company currently has 4 live Twitch viewers, while Milky Way Idle has 0.
YouTube subscribers
- Animal Company
- 223kUp 0.5%
- Milky Way Idle
- —
Animal Company currently has 223,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Milky Way Idle.
How these estimates are made
Animal Company
Animal Company is estimated to have 38 – 130 players a day. Around 23k – 60k 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 60k – 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.