Head to head

Dune: Awakening vs Rift

Dune: Awakening

Live

46k – 160k daily

Rift

Live

550 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2025 · 1 year ago

March 2011 · 16 years ago

Daily players

46k – 160k

550 – 2k

Estimated players

117.4k5.6%

3.5k0.1%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Dune: AwakeningRift

Dune: Awakening

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~113.3k	Up 4.5%
September 2026	~108.4k	Up 3.7%
August 2026	~104.6k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~105.3k	—

Rift

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~3.5k	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.1%
July 2026	~3.5k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Dune: Awakening: 15.1kUp 153%
Rift: 172Down 20%

Dune: Awakening currently has about 88× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Rift — 15,112 vs 172.

Discord members

Dune: Awakening: 211.2kUp 4.9%
Rift: —

Dune: Awakening currently has 211,208 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Rift.

Reddit members

Dune: Awakening: 116.5kUp 10%
Rift: 11kUp 0.4%

Dune: Awakening currently has about 11× as many subreddit members as Rift — 116,541 vs 10,984.

Twitch viewers

Dune: Awakening: 1.1kUp 210%
Rift: 1Down 88%

Dune: Awakening currently has about 1111× as many live Twitch viewers as Rift — 1,111 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Dune: Awakening: 181kUp 0.6%
Rift: 11.4k

Dune: Awakening currently has about 16× as many YouTube subscribers as Rift — 181,000 vs 11,400.

How these estimates are made

Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening is estimated to have 46k – 160k 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.

Rift

Rift is estimated to have 550 – 2k players a day. Around 230k – 580k 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.