Head to head

Guild Wars vs Viking Rise

Guild Wars

Live

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2005 · 21 years ago

March 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

No population data

2k – 7k

Estimated players

28k

68.9k

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

—

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guild WarsViking Rise

Guild Wars

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~28k	Up 4.8%
July 2026	~26.7k	—

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.

Reddit members

Guild Wars: 65.2kUp 0.3%
Viking Rise: —

Guild Wars currently has 65,207 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

YouTube subscribers

Guild Wars: 215k
Viking Rise: 111k

Guild Wars currently has about 1.9× as many YouTube subscribers as Viking Rise — 215,000 vs 111,000.

Steam concurrent players

Guild Wars: —
Viking Rise: 469Down 37%

Viking Rise currently has 469 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Discord members

Guild Wars: —
Viking Rise: 263.3k

Viking Rise currently has 263,269 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Twitch viewers

Guild Wars: —
Viking Rise: 3Up 200%

Viking Rise currently has 3 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

How these estimates are made

Guild Wars

Guild Wars is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 450 – 1k 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.