Head to head

Dark and Light vs DayZ

Dark and Light

Live

83 – 290 daily

DayZ

Live

100k – 370k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2017 · 9 years ago

December 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

83 – 290

100k – 370k

Estimated players

1.7k0.4%

191.8k0.2%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Dark and LightDayZ

Dark and Light

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.7k	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~1.7k
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 14%
July 2026	~1.5k	—

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~185.5k	Down 3.9%
September 2026	~193.1k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~193.9k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Dark and Light: 29Down 12%
DayZ: 41kDown 8.5%

DayZ currently has about 1415× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Dark and Light — 41,033 vs 29.

Twitch viewers

Dark and Light: 1
DayZ: 5.4kDown 32%

DayZ currently has about 5364× as many live Twitch viewers as Dark and Light — 5,364 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Dark and Light: 4.7k
DayZ: 137kUp 0.7%

DayZ currently has about 29× as many YouTube subscribers as Dark and Light — 137,000 vs 4,730.

Discord members

Dark and Light: —
DayZ: 190.5kUp 0.7%

DayZ currently has 190,496 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark and Light.

Reddit members

Dark and Light: —
DayZ: 561.3kUp 0.4%

DayZ currently has 561,254 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark and Light.

How these estimates are made

Dark and Light

Dark and Light is estimated to have 83 – 290 players a day. Around 230k – 590k 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.

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 100k – 370k players a day. Around 5m – 13m 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.