Head to head

DayZ vs Ultima Online

DayZ

Live

140k – 490k daily

Ultima Online

Live

44 – 20k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

September 1997 · 29 years ago

Daily players

140k – 490k

44 – 20k

Estimated players

202.6k

2.3k0.2%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DayZUltima Online

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~197.7k	Up 2.4%
September 2026	~193.1k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~193.9k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Ultima Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2.3k	Up 1.4%
September 2026	~2.2k	Up 2.4%
August 2026	~2.2k	Up 16%
July 2026	~1.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DayZ: 59.8kUp 46%
Ultima Online: —

DayZ currently has 59,809 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Ultima Online.

Discord members

DayZ: 189.2kDown 0.7%
Ultima Online: —

DayZ currently has 189,162 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Ultima Online.

Reddit members

DayZ: 563.5kUp 0.4%
Ultima Online: 18.8kUp 1.6%

DayZ currently has about 30× as many subreddit members as Ultima Online — 563,470 vs 18,758.

Twitch viewers

DayZ: 17.4kUp 225%
Ultima Online: 212Up 88%

DayZ currently has about 82× as many live Twitch viewers as Ultima Online — 17,430 vs 212.

YouTube subscribers

DayZ: 137k
Ultima Online: 3.9kUp 1.8%

DayZ currently has about 35× as many YouTube subscribers as Ultima Online — 137,000 vs 3,870.

How these estimates are made

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 140k – 490k 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.

Ultima Online

Ultima Online is estimated to have 44 – 20k players a day. Around 18k – 2m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.