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DayZ vs The Isle

VerdictDayZ has ~5× The Isle's daily players (~550k vs ~110k, as of Nov 8, 2026).

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Status

Released
Released

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago
December 2015 · 11 years ago

Est. daily players

~550k320k – 920kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026
~110k79k – 150kHigh confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026

Available on

  • PlayStation
  • Windows
  • Xbox
  • Windows

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

DayZThe Isle

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

DayZ
32.9k
The Isle
15k

DayZ currently has about 2.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Isle — 32,903 vs 14,988.

Discord members

DayZ
189.8k
The Isle
—

DayZ currently has 189,848 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Isle.

Reddit members

DayZ
564.1k
The Isle
87.3k

DayZ currently has about 6.5× as many subreddit members as The Isle — 564,063 vs 87,278.

Twitch viewers

DayZ
3.7k
The Isle
1.2k

DayZ currently has about 3.2× as many live Twitch viewers as The Isle — 3,737 vs 1,155.

YouTube subscribers

DayZ
137k
The Isle
96k

DayZ currently has about 1.4× as many YouTube subscribers as The Isle — 137,000 vs 96,000.

How these estimates are made

DayZ

We estimate that about 550,000 people play DayZ on a typical day (most likely between 320,000 and 920,000), based on data from Nov 8, 2026. Around 13,000,000 accounts (between 8,500,000 and 20,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

The Isle

We estimate that about 110,000 people play The Isle on a typical day (most likely between 79,000 and 150,000), based on data from Nov 8, 2026. Around 2,500,000 accounts (between 2,000,000 and 3,200,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: high — measured from a full day of Steam data, for a game played mainly on Steam.

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