Head to head

Dune: Awakening vs Nova Empire

Dune: Awakening

Live

16k – 56k daily

Nova Empire

Live

130 – 450 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2025 · 1 year ago

May 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

16k – 56k

130 – 450

Estimated players

106.1k4.6%

566.7%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Dune: AwakeningNova Empire

Dune: Awakening

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~104.5k	Down 0.1%
August 2026	~104.6k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~105.3k	—

Nova Empire

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~57	Up 3.6%
August 2026	~55	Down 1.8%
July 2026	~56	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Dune: Awakening: 3.2kDown 55%
Nova Empire: 54Down 1.8%

Dune: Awakening currently has about 59× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Nova Empire — 3,178 vs 54.

Discord members

Dune: Awakening: 201.2kDown 0.5%
Nova Empire: —

Dune: Awakening currently has 201,216 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Nova Empire.

Reddit members

Dune: Awakening: 106kUp 0.9%
Nova Empire: —

Dune: Awakening currently has 105,956 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Nova Empire.

Twitch viewers

Dune: Awakening: 513Up 61%
Nova Empire: 0Down 100%

Dune: Awakening currently has 513 live Twitch viewers, while Nova Empire has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Dune: Awakening: 180k
Nova Empire: —

Dune: Awakening currently has 180,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Nova Empire.

How these estimates are made

Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening is estimated to have 16k – 56k 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.

Nova Empire

Nova Empire is estimated to have 130 – 450 players a day. Around 10k – 26k 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.