Head to head

DayZ vs Viking Rise

DayZ

Live

160k – 570k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

160k – 570k

2k – 7k

Estimated players

210.7k1.0%

69.1k1.3%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DayZViking Rise

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~196.1k	Down 0.8%
October 2026	~197.7k	Up 2.4%
September 2026	~193.1k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~193.9k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~68.9k	Down 0.7%
October 2026	~69.4k	Up 0.3%
September 2026	~69.2k	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~68.9k	Up 15%
July 2026	~59.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DayZ: 25.8kDown 48%
Viking Rise: 859Down 5.6%

DayZ currently has about 30× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Viking Rise — 25,772 vs 859.

Discord members

DayZ: 189.4kDown 0.7%
Viking Rise: 259.3kDown 1.6%

Viking Rise currently has about 1.4× as many Discord members as DayZ — 259,269 vs 189,417.

Reddit members

DayZ: 563.6kUp 0.4%
Viking Rise: —

DayZ currently has 563,576 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

DayZ: 19.3kUp 179%
Viking Rise: 59Down 70%

DayZ currently has about 328× as many live Twitch viewers as Viking Rise — 19,323 vs 59.

YouTube subscribers

DayZ: 137k
Viking Rise: 114kUp 0.9%

DayZ currently has about 1.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Viking Rise — 137,000 vs 114,000.

How these estimates are made

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 160k – 570k 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.

Viking Rise

Viking Rise is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 28k – 72k 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.