Head to head

Foundation: Galactic Frontier vs Northern Blade

Foundation: Galactic Frontier

Live

36 – 17k daily

Northern Blade

Live

1 – 450 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2025 · 2 years ago

December 2009 · 17 years ago

Daily players

36 – 17k

1 – 450

Estimated players

33.8k2.7%

3000.3%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Foundation: Galactic FrontierNorthern Blade

Foundation: Galactic Frontier

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~33k	Up 3.2%
September 2026	~32k	Up 5.5%
August 2026	~30.3k	Up 15%
July 2026	~26.3k	—

Northern Blade

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~300	Up 0.3%
September 2026	~299	Up 2.0%
August 2026	~293	Up 19%
July 2026	~246	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Foundation: Galactic Frontier: 108.7kUp 3.2%
Northern Blade: 1.4kDown 0.4%

Foundation: Galactic Frontier currently has about 78× as many Discord members as Northern Blade — 108,669 vs 1,388.

Twitch viewers

Foundation: Galactic Frontier: 4Down 43%
Northern Blade: 0

Foundation: Galactic Frontier currently has 4 live Twitch viewers, while Northern Blade has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Foundation: Galactic Frontier: 88.8kUp 3.9%
Northern Blade: 93

Foundation: Galactic Frontier currently has about 955× as many YouTube subscribers as Northern Blade — 88,800 vs 93.

How these estimates are made

Foundation: Galactic Frontier

Foundation: Galactic Frontier is estimated to have 36 – 17k players a day. Around 16k – 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.

Northern Blade

Northern Blade is estimated to have 1 – 450 players a day. Around 810 – 84k 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.