Head to head

DayZ vs WildStar

DayZ

Live

130k – 440k daily

WildStar

Live

3 – 9 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

June 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

130k – 440k

3 – 9

Estimated players

189.7k3.3%

11k

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DayZWildStar

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~194.4k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

WildStar

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~11k	Up 5.1%
July 2026	~10.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DayZ: 50kDown 4.3%
WildStar: 1

DayZ currently has about 50044× as many peak concurrent Steam players as WildStar — 50,044 vs 1.

Discord members

DayZ: 188kUp 1.1%
WildStar: —

DayZ currently has 188,023 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for WildStar.

Reddit members

DayZ: 558.1kUp 0.3%
WildStar: 26.9kUp 0.2%

DayZ currently has about 21× as many subreddit members as WildStar — 558,139 vs 26,931.

Twitch viewers

DayZ: 7.7kUp 35%
WildStar: 1

DayZ currently has about 7722× as many live Twitch viewers as WildStar — 7,722 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

DayZ: 135kUp 0.7%
WildStar: 77.7k

DayZ currently has about 1.7× as many YouTube subscribers as WildStar — 135,000 vs 77,700.

How these estimates are made

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 130k – 440k 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.

WildStar

WildStar is estimated to have 3 – 9 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.