Head to head

Dune: Awakening vs M.A.R.S.

Dune: Awakening

Live

48k – 170k daily

M.A.R.S.

Live

90 – 320 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2025 · 1 year ago

October 2021 · 5 years ago

Daily players

48k – 170k

90 – 320

Estimated players

110.3k6.3%

1.3k1.2%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Dune: AwakeningM.A.R.S.

Dune: Awakening

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~111.8k	Up 3.1%
September 2026	~108.4k	Up 3.7%
August 2026	~104.6k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~105.3k	—

M.A.R.S.

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.3k	Down 0.7%
September 2026	~1.3k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~1.3k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~1.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Dune: Awakening: 12.7kUp 128%
M.A.R.S.: 22Down 39%

Dune: Awakening currently has about 576× as many peak concurrent Steam players as M.A.R.S. — 12,664 vs 22.

Discord members

Dune: Awakening: 208.7kUp 3.5%
M.A.R.S.: 4.2k

Dune: Awakening currently has about 50× as many Discord members as M.A.R.S. — 208,683 vs 4,203.

Reddit members

Dune: Awakening: 113.6kUp 7.6%
M.A.R.S.: —

Dune: Awakening currently has 113,623 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for M.A.R.S..

Twitch viewers

Dune: Awakening: 734Up 139%
M.A.R.S.: 0Down 100%

Dune: Awakening currently has 734 live Twitch viewers, while M.A.R.S. has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Dune: Awakening: 180k
M.A.R.S.: 2.5k

Dune: Awakening currently has about 71× as many YouTube subscribers as M.A.R.S. — 180,000 vs 2,520.

How these estimates are made

Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening is estimated to have 48k – 170k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.

M.A.R.S.

M.A.R.S. is estimated to have 90 – 320 players a day. Around 32k – 82k 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.