Head to head

Auto Chess vs Viking Rise

Auto Chess

Live

770 – 3k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2019 · 8 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

770 – 3k

2k – 7k

Estimated players

11.8k0.2%

69k0.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Auto ChessViking Rise

Auto Chess

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~11.9k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~11.9k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~11.8k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
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

Auto Chess: 306Up 3.7%
Viking Rise: 736Down 4.2%

Viking Rise currently has about 2.4× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Auto Chess — 736 vs 306.

Discord members

Auto Chess: 21.7kDown 0.4%
Viking Rise: 263.2k

Viking Rise currently has about 12× as many Discord members as Auto Chess — 263,156 vs 21,740.

Reddit members

Auto Chess: 41kUp 0.1%
Viking Rise: —

Auto Chess currently has 40,988 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Auto Chess: 0Down 100%
Viking Rise: 3Down 50%

Auto Chess currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Viking Rise has 3.

YouTube subscribers

Auto Chess: 24.9kDown 0.4%
Viking Rise: 112kUp 0.9%

Viking Rise currently has about 4.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Auto Chess — 112,000 vs 24,900.

How these estimates are made

Auto Chess

Auto Chess is estimated to have 770 – 3k players a day. Around 28k – 73k 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 – 7k players a day. Around 28k – 71k 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.