Head to head

DayZ vs Rift

DayZ

Live

100k – 370k daily

Rift

Live

440 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

March 2011 · 16 years ago

Daily players

100k – 370k

440 – 2k

Estimated players

187.5k1.7%

3.5k0.2%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DayZRift

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~193.3k	Down 0.3%
August 2026	~193.9k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Rift

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.1%
July 2026	~3.5k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DayZ: 38.8kDown 31%
Rift: 174Down 24%

DayZ currently has about 223× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Rift — 38,799 vs 174.

Discord members

DayZ: 190.1kUp 0.8%
Rift: —

DayZ currently has 190,117 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Rift.

Reddit members

DayZ: 560.8kUp 0.4%
Rift: 11kUp 0.5%

DayZ currently has about 51× as many subreddit members as Rift — 560,769 vs 10,956.

Twitch viewers

DayZ: 6.1kUp 31%
Rift: 1Down 80%

DayZ currently has about 6057× as many live Twitch viewers as Rift — 6,057 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

DayZ: 136kUp 0.7%
Rift: 11.4k

DayZ currently has about 12× as many YouTube subscribers as Rift — 136,000 vs 11,400.

How these estimates are made

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 100k – 370k players a day. Around 5m – 13m 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.

Rift

Rift is estimated to have 440 – 2k players a day. Around 230k – 580k 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.