Head to head

Escape from Tarkov vs Viking Rise

Escape from Tarkov

Live

97k – 340k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2025 · 9 months ago

March 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

97k – 340k

2k – 7k

Estimated players

396.7k3.9%

69k0.6%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Escape from TarkovViking Rise

Escape from Tarkov

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~408.2k	Up 6.5%
July 2026	~383.3k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~68.9k	Up 15%
July 2026	~59.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Escape from Tarkov: 32.2kUp 15%
Viking Rise: 597Down 24%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 54× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Viking Rise — 32,183 vs 597.

Discord members

Escape from Tarkov: 555.6kUp 1.4%
Viking Rise: 263.4k

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 2.1× as many Discord members as Viking Rise — 555,597 vs 263,408.

Reddit members

Escape from Tarkov: 1.2mUp 0.5%
Viking Rise: —

Escape from Tarkov currently has 1,151,067 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Escape from Tarkov: 25.8kDown 11%
Viking Rise: 2Down 95%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 12891× as many live Twitch viewers as Viking Rise — 25,781 vs 2.

YouTube subscribers

Escape from Tarkov: 770kUp 0.3%
Viking Rise: 111kUp 0.9%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 6.9× as many YouTube subscribers as Viking Rise — 770,000 vs 111,000.

How these estimates are made

Escape from Tarkov

Escape from Tarkov is estimated to have 97k – 340k players a day. Around 950k – 2m 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.

Viking Rise

Viking Rise is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 27k – 70k 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.