Head to head

Dark Forester vs Viking Rise

Dark Forester

Live

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2015 · 12 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

No population data

2k – 7k

Estimated players

68.9k

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Dark ForesterViking Rise

Dark Forester

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~6
August 2026	~6	Up 20%
July 2026	~5	—

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

Dark Forester: —
Viking Rise: 615Down 19%

Viking Rise currently has 615 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Forester.

Discord members

Dark Forester: —
Viking Rise: 262.8kDown 0.3%

Viking Rise currently has 262,760 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Forester.

Twitch viewers

Dark Forester: —
Viking Rise: 1Down 99%

Viking Rise currently has 1 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Forester.

YouTube subscribers

Dark Forester: —
Viking Rise: 113kUp 1.8%

Viking Rise currently has 113,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Forester.

How these estimates are made

Dark Forester

Dark Forester is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 3k – 7k 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.