Head to head

Heavy Metal Machines vs Scum

Heavy Metal Machines

Live

Scum

Live

29k – 100k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2018 · 8 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

No population data

29k – 100k

Estimated players

418

41.8k0.8%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Heavy Metal MachinesScum

Heavy Metal Machines

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~419	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~418	—

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~43.1k	Up 1.5%
July 2026	~42.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Heavy Metal Machines: 0
Scum: 11.7kUp 88%

Heavy Metal Machines currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Scum has 11,723.

Reddit members

Heavy Metal Machines: 222Up 0.5%
Scum: 52.8kUp 0.3%

Scum currently has about 238× as many subreddit members as Heavy Metal Machines — 52,765 vs 222.

Discord members

Heavy Metal Machines: —
Scum: 67.9kUp 0.4%

Scum currently has 67,915 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Heavy Metal Machines.

Twitch viewers

Heavy Metal Machines: —
Scum: 684Up 152%

Scum currently has 684 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Heavy Metal Machines.

How these estimates are made

Heavy Metal Machines

Heavy Metal Machines is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 91k – 230k 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.

Scum

Scum is estimated to have 29k – 100k players a day. Around 2m – 4m 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.