Head to head

DayZ vs Scum

DayZ

Live

110k – 380k daily

Scum

Live

23k – 82k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

110k – 380k

23k – 82k

Estimated players

186.2k3.7%

40.8k7.0%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DayZScum

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~192.7k	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~193.9k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~42.9k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~43k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~42.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DayZ: 25.3kDown 48%
Scum: 5.4kDown 49%

DayZ currently has about 4.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Scum — 25,342 vs 5,413.

Discord members

DayZ: 190.1kUp 0.8%
Scum: 67.9k

DayZ currently has about 2.8× as many Discord members as Scum — 190,117 vs 67,911.

Reddit members

DayZ: 560.8kUp 0.4%
Scum: 53kUp 0.3%

DayZ currently has about 11× as many subreddit members as Scum — 560,814 vs 52,970.

Twitch viewers

DayZ: 2.5kDown 58%
Scum: 1kUp 50%

DayZ currently has about 2.4× as many live Twitch viewers as Scum — 2,506 vs 1,035.

YouTube subscribers

DayZ: 136kUp 0.7%
Scum: —

DayZ currently has 136,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Scum.

How these estimates are made

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 110k – 380k 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.

Scum

Scum is estimated to have 23k – 82k 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.