Head to head

DayZ vs Waven

DayZ

Live

130k – 460k daily

Waven

Live

68 – 240 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

August 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

130k – 460k

68 – 240

Estimated players

193.9k0.4%

1.1k0.6%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DayZWaven

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~193.4k	Up 0.2%
September 2026	~193.1k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~193.9k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Waven

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.1k	Down 0.3%
September 2026	~1.1k	Up 0.2%
August 2026	~1.1k	Up 8.9%
July 2026	~1.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DayZ: 36kDown 15%
Waven: 27Down 41%

DayZ currently has about 1334× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Waven — 36,011 vs 27.

Discord members

DayZ: 192.8kUp 1.5%
Waven: —

DayZ currently has 192,818 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Waven.

Reddit members

DayZ: 562.3kUp 0.3%
Waven: —

DayZ currently has 562,261 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Waven.

Twitch viewers

DayZ: 8.4kUp 55%
Waven: 0Down 100%

DayZ currently has 8,384 live Twitch viewers, while Waven has 0.

YouTube subscribers

DayZ: 137kUp 0.7%
Waven: 6.1kUp 0.5%

DayZ currently has about 22× as many YouTube subscribers as Waven — 137,000 vs 6,130.

How these estimates are made

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 130k – 460k 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.

Waven

Waven is estimated to have 68 – 240 players a day. Around 110k – 290k 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.