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Heat and Run vs Spiral Knights

VerdictSpiral Knights has ~130× Heat and Run's daily players (~1.3k vs ~10, as of Nov 9, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released
Released

Released

October 2022 · 4 years ago
April 2011 · 16 years ago

Est. daily players

~102 – 29Medium confidence · Last measured Nov 9, 2026
~1.3k960 – 1.9kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 9, 2026

Available on

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Heat and RunSpiral Knights

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Discord members

Heat and Run
158
Spiral Knights
—

Heat and Run currently has 158 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Spiral Knights.

Reddit members

Heat and Run
13
Spiral Knights
6.2k

Spiral Knights currently has about 475× as many subreddit members as Heat and Run — 6,180 vs 13.

Steam concurrent players

Heat and Run
—
Spiral Knights
224Down 24% past week

Spiral Knights currently has 224 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Heat and Run.

Twitch viewers

Heat and Run
—
Spiral Knights
16

Spiral Knights currently has 16 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Heat and Run.

YouTube subscribers

Heat and Run
—
Spiral Knights
2.5k

Spiral Knights currently has 2,500 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Heat and Run.

How these estimates are made

Heat and Run

We estimate that about 10 people play Heat and Run on a typical day (most likely between 2 and 29), based on data from Nov 9, 2026. Around 6,100 accounts (between 2,100 and 14,000) have played it at some point. Heat and Run is on Steam, but Steam covers only part of its players, so the estimate also draws on the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

Spiral Knights

We estimate that about 1,300 people play Spiral Knights on a typical day (most likely between 960 and 1,900), based on data from Nov 9, 2026. Around 680,000 accounts (between 530,000 and 870,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

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