Head to head
Darkest Days vs The Isle
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
- Windows
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Darkest Days
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~2.3k | Up 17% |
| July 2026 | ~1.9k | — |
The Isle
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~39.7k | Up 4.1% |
| July 2026 | ~38.1k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Darkest Days
- 327Down 1.2%
- The Isle
- 23.3kUp 42%
The Isle currently has about 71× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Darkest Days — 23,306 vs 327.
Discord members
- Darkest Days
- 5.9kDown 1.1%
- The Isle
- —
Darkest Days currently has 5,854 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Isle.
Twitch viewers
- Darkest Days
- 1
- The Isle
- 1.7kDown 72%
The Isle currently has about 1685× as many live Twitch viewers as Darkest Days — 1,685 vs 1.
YouTube subscribers
- Darkest Days
- 2.2kUp 1.4%
- The Isle
- 95.5kUp 0.2%
The Isle currently has about 44× as many YouTube subscribers as Darkest Days — 95,500 vs 2,160.
Reddit members
- Darkest Days
- —
- The Isle
- 83kUp 1.8%
The Isle currently has 83,043 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.
The Isle
The Isle is estimated to have 55k – 200k players a day. Around 2m – 4m 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.


