Head to head

DayZ vs Universe Dawn

DayZ

Live

100k – 370k daily

Universe Dawn

TBA

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

UNKNOWN

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

To be announced

Daily players

100k – 370k

No population data

Estimated players

187.5k1.7%

705.7%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Browser

Platforms

Web Browser

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DayZUniverse Dawn

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~193.2k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~193.9k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Universe Dawn

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~71	Up 1.4%
August 2026	~70	Down 2.8%
July 2026	~72	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DayZ: 25kDown 56%
Universe Dawn: —

DayZ currently has 25,033 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Universe Dawn.

Discord members

DayZ: 190.1kUp 0.8%
Universe Dawn: 289Down 4.6%

DayZ currently has about 658× as many Discord members as Universe Dawn — 190,109 vs 289.

Reddit members

DayZ: 560.7kUp 0.4%
Universe Dawn: —

DayZ currently has 560,708 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Universe Dawn.

Twitch viewers

DayZ: 2.4kDown 47%
Universe Dawn: —

DayZ currently has 2,436 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Universe Dawn.

YouTube subscribers

DayZ: 136kUp 0.7%
Universe Dawn: —

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

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.

Universe Dawn

Universe Dawn is estimated to have 0 – 210 players a day. Around 480 – 53k 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.