Head to head

Destiny 2 vs Riders of Icarus

Destiny 2

Live

88k – 310k daily

Riders of Icarus

Live

3 – 9 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2017 · 9 years ago

July 2016 · 10 years ago

Daily players

88k – 310k

3 – 9

Estimated players

593.2k0.7%

1.7k

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
Stadia

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Destiny 2Riders of Icarus

Destiny 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~596k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~600.1k	—

Riders of Icarus

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~1.7k
July 2026	~1.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Destiny 2: 34.7kDown 10%
Riders of Icarus: 0

Destiny 2 currently has 34,672 peak concurrent Steam players, while Riders of Icarus has 0.

Discord members

Destiny 2: 171.6k
Riders of Icarus: —

Destiny 2 currently has 171,635 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Riders of Icarus.

Reddit members

Destiny 2: 3.4m
Riders of Icarus: 1.6kUp 0.1%

Destiny 2 currently has about 2052× as many subreddit members as Riders of Icarus — 3,373,796 vs 1,644.

Twitch viewers

Destiny 2: 3.3kDown 6.1%
Riders of Icarus: 0Down 100%

Destiny 2 currently has 3,283 live Twitch viewers, while Riders of Icarus has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Destiny 2: 1.2m
Riders of Icarus: 4.3k

Destiny 2 currently has about 278× as many YouTube subscribers as Riders of Icarus — 1,210,000 vs 4,350.

How these estimates are made

Destiny 2

Destiny 2 is estimated to have 88k – 310k players a day. Around 7m – 18m 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.

Riders of Icarus

Riders of Icarus is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 210k – 540k 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.