Head to head
Dark Chess vs iRacing
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Dark Chess
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~92 | Up 3.4% |
| August 2026 | ~89 | |
| July 2026 | ~89 | — |
iRacing
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~55.1k | Up 1.0% |
| August 2026 | ~54.6k | |
| July 2026 | ~54.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Dark Chess
- 2Up 100%
- iRacing
- 905Up 19%
iRacing currently has about 453× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Dark Chess — 905 vs 2.
Discord members
- Dark Chess
- 264Down 1.1%
- iRacing
- —
Dark Chess currently has 264 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for iRacing.
YouTube subscribers
- Dark Chess
- 24
- iRacing
- 287kUp 0.3%
iRacing currently has about 11958× as many YouTube subscribers as Dark Chess — 287,000 vs 24.
Reddit members
- Dark Chess
- —
- iRacing
- 245.2kUp 0.8%
iRacing currently has 245,191 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Chess.
Twitch viewers
- Dark Chess
- —
- iRacing
- 2.1kDown 5.3%
iRacing currently has 2,139 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Chess.
How these estimates are made
Dark Chess
Dark Chess is estimated to have 3 – 9 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.
iRacing
iRacing is estimated to have 2k – 8k players a day. Around 160k – 410k 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.