Head to head

Blood of Steel vs Viking Rise

Blood of Steel

Live

400 – 1k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2020 · 7 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

400 – 1k

2k – 8k

Estimated players

2.2k4.2%

69.9k0.8%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Blood of SteelViking Rise

Blood of Steel

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2.2k	Up 0.6%
September 2026	~2.2k	Up 1.0%
August 2026	~2.1k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~2.1k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~69.5k	Up 0.4%
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

Blood of Steel: 112Down 13%
Viking Rise: 669Down 15%

Viking Rise currently has about 6× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Blood of Steel — 669 vs 112.

Discord members

Blood of Steel: 5.1kDown 0.8%
Viking Rise: 263.1k

Viking Rise currently has about 52× as many Discord members as Blood of Steel — 263,088 vs 5,099.

Twitch viewers

Blood of Steel: 1Down 50%
Viking Rise: 6Down 96%

Viking Rise currently has about 6× as many live Twitch viewers as Blood of Steel — 6 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Blood of Steel: 646Down 0.3%
Viking Rise: 114kUp 0.9%

Viking Rise currently has about 176× as many YouTube subscribers as Blood of Steel — 114,000 vs 646.

How these estimates are made

Blood of Steel

Blood of Steel is estimated to have 400 – 1k players a day. Around 150k – 370k 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.