Head to head

Foundation: Galactic Frontier vs Gemstone IV

Foundation: Galactic Frontier

Live

30 – 14k daily

Gemstone IV

Live

7 – 3k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2025 · 1 year ago

December 1998 · 28 years ago

Daily players

30 – 14k

7 – 3k

Estimated players

31.5k1.0%

106

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Browser
Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Foundation: Galactic FrontierGemstone IV

Foundation: Galactic Frontier

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~31.7k	Up 4.6%
August 2026	~30.3k	Up 15%
July 2026	~26.3k	—

Gemstone IV

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~106
August 2026	~106
July 2026	~106	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Foundation: Galactic Frontier: 102.7kUp 6.0%
Gemstone IV: —

Foundation: Galactic Frontier currently has 102,709 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Gemstone IV.

Twitch viewers

Foundation: Galactic Frontier: 0Down 100%
Gemstone IV: 0

Foundation: Galactic Frontier currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Gemstone IV has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Foundation: Galactic Frontier: 84.1kUp 7.4%
Gemstone IV: —

Foundation: Galactic Frontier currently has 84,100 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Gemstone IV.

Reddit members

Foundation: Galactic Frontier: —
Gemstone IV: 1.1kUp 0.7%

Gemstone IV currently has 1,064 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Foundation: Galactic Frontier.

How these estimates are made

Foundation: Galactic Frontier

Foundation: Galactic Frontier is estimated to have 30 – 14k players a day. Around 15k – 2m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

Gemstone IV

Gemstone IV is estimated to have 7 – 3k players a day. Around 6k – 590k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.