Head to head

Darkest Days vs Dune: Awakening

Darkest Days

Live

390 – 1k daily

Dune: Awakening

Live

23k – 82k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2025 · 2 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

390 – 1k

23k – 82k

Estimated players

2.2k1.2%

106.4k6.3%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Darkest DaysDune: Awakening

Darkest Days

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2.2k	Down 1.7%
September 2026	~2.2k	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~2.3k	Up 17%
July 2026	~1.9k	—

Dune: Awakening

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~113.3k	Up 4.5%
September 2026	~108.4k	Up 3.7%
August 2026	~104.6k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~105.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Darkest Days: 108Down 63%
Dune: Awakening: 9.3kDown 46%

Dune: Awakening currently has about 86× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Darkest Days — 9,307 vs 108.

Discord members

Darkest Days: 5.7kDown 1.5%
Dune: Awakening: 213.5kUp 3.5%

Dune: Awakening currently has about 38× as many Discord members as Darkest Days — 213,499 vs 5,691.

Twitch viewers

Darkest Days: 3Down 70%
Dune: Awakening: 617Down 59%

Dune: Awakening currently has about 206× as many live Twitch viewers as Darkest Days — 617 vs 3.

YouTube subscribers

Darkest Days: 2.2kUp 1.4%
Dune: Awakening: 181kUp 0.6%

Dune: Awakening currently has about 81× as many YouTube subscribers as Darkest Days — 181,000 vs 2,230.

Reddit members

Darkest Days: —
Dune: Awakening: 119.7kUp 6.5%

Dune: Awakening currently has 119,717 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Darkest Days.

How these estimates are made

Darkest Days

Darkest Days is estimated to have 390 – 1k players a day. Around 110k – 290k 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.

Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening is estimated to have 23k – 82k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.