Head to head
Animal Company vs Plains of Pain
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Animal Company
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~121.7k | Down 0.2% |
| September 2026 | ~121.9k | Down 1.7% |
| August 2026 | ~124k | Down 0.3% |
| July 2026 | ~124.4k | — |
Plains of Pain
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~682 | Up 0.6% |
| September 2026 | ~678 | Up 14% |
| August 2026 | ~595 | Up 1.5% |
| July 2026 | ~586 | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Animal Company
- 13Down 41%
- Plains of Pain
- 60Down 51%
Plains of Pain currently has about 4.6× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Animal Company — 60 vs 13.
Discord members
- Animal Company
- 449.3kDown 0.1%
- Plains of Pain
- 1.6kUp 2.8%
Animal Company currently has about 286× as many Discord members as Plains of Pain — 449,267 vs 1,571.
Reddit members
- Animal Company
- 2.6kUp 1.0%
- Plains of Pain
- —
Animal Company currently has 2,599 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Plains of Pain.
Twitch viewers
- Animal Company
- 4
- Plains of Pain
- 5Down 29%
Plains of Pain currently has about 1.3× as many live Twitch viewers as Animal Company — 5 vs 4.
YouTube subscribers
- Animal Company
- 224kUp 0.4%
- Plains of Pain
- 703Up 4.9%
Animal Company currently has about 319× as many YouTube subscribers as Plains of Pain — 224,000 vs 703.
How these estimates are made
Animal Company
Animal Company is estimated to have 40 – 140 players a day. Around 24k – 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.
Plains of Pain
Plains of Pain is estimated to have 220 – 790 players a day. Around 30k – 77k 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.