Head to head

Darkest Days vs Guild Wars 2

Darkest Days

Live

770 – 3k daily

Guild Wars 2

Live

14k – 48k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2025 · 1 year ago

August 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

770 – 3k

14k – 48k

Estimated players

2.3k0.2%

86.4k2.4%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Darkest DaysGuild Wars 2

Darkest Days

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2.3k	Up 17%
July 2026	~1.9k	—

Guild Wars 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~85.4k	Up 14%
July 2026	~75.2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Darkest Days: 327Down 1.2%
Guild Wars 2: 5.4kDown 15%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 16× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Darkest Days — 5,367 vs 327.

Discord members

Darkest Days: 5.9kDown 1.1%
Guild Wars 2: 47.8kUp 0.7%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 8.2× as many Discord members as Darkest Days — 47,814 vs 5,854.

Twitch viewers

Darkest Days: 1
Guild Wars 2: 1.2kDown 21%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 1185× as many live Twitch viewers as Darkest Days — 1,185 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Darkest Days: 2.2kUp 1.4%
Guild Wars 2: 215kUp 0.9%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 100× as many YouTube subscribers as Darkest Days — 215,000 vs 2,160.

Reddit members

Darkest Days: —
Guild Wars 2: 425.9kUp 0.4%

Guild Wars 2 currently has 425,891 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Darkest Days.

How these estimates are made

Darkest Days

Darkest Days is estimated to have 770 – 3k 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.

Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is estimated to have 14k – 48k players a day. Around 500k – 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.