Head to head

Defiance vs Zula

Defiance

Live

3 – 9 daily

Zula

Live

240 – 850 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2013 · 13 years ago

December 2016 · 10 years ago

Daily players

3 – 9

240 – 850

Estimated players

13.5k5.5%

77.6k

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DefianceZula

Defiance

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~14.1k	Up 21%
July 2026	~11.7k	—

Zula

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~77.6k
July 2026	~77.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Defiance: 1
Zula: 96Down 6.8%

Zula currently has about 96× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Defiance — 96 vs 1.

Discord members

Defiance: 49.6k
Zula: 1.3kUp 0.6%

Defiance currently has about 37× as many Discord members as Zula — 49,649 vs 1,339.

Twitch viewers

Defiance: 8Down 47%
Zula: 8Up 700%

Defiance and Zula are nearly even on live Twitch viewers — 8 vs 8.

YouTube subscribers

Defiance: —
Zula: 765k

Zula currently has 765,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Defiance.

How these estimates are made

Defiance

Defiance is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 240k – 620k 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.

Zula

Zula is estimated to have 240 – 850 players a day. Around 160k – 420k 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.