Head to head
Dark Chess vs IdleOn
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Browser
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Dark Chess
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~91 | |
| September 2026 | ~91 | Up 2.2% |
| August 2026 | ~89 | |
| July 2026 | ~89 | — |
IdleOn
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~83.3k | Down 0.8% |
| September 2026 | ~84k | Up 3.3% |
| August 2026 | ~81.3k | Up 0.7% |
| July 2026 | ~80.8k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Dark Chess
- 0Down 100%
- IdleOn
- 13.6kDown 7.4%
Dark Chess currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while IdleOn has 13,564.
Discord members
- Dark Chess
- 262Down 0.8%
- IdleOn
- 198.1kUp 0.1%
IdleOn currently has about 756× as many Discord members as Dark Chess — 198,053 vs 262.
YouTube subscribers
- Dark Chess
- 24
- IdleOn
- 102k
IdleOn currently has about 4250× as many YouTube subscribers as Dark Chess — 102,000 vs 24.
Reddit members
- Dark Chess
- —
- IdleOn
- 57.1kUp 0.9%
IdleOn currently has 57,137 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Chess.
Twitch viewers
- Dark Chess
- —
- IdleOn
- 76Down 79%
IdleOn currently has 76 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Chess.
How these estimates are made
Dark Chess
Dark Chess is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 8k – 19k 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.
IdleOn
IdleOn is estimated to have 36k – 130k players a day. Around 510k – 1m 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.