Head to head

Hero Online vs Viking Rise

Hero Online

Live

110 – 400 daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2006 · 20 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

110 – 400

2k – 7k

Estimated players

505.2%

69.1k1.3%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Hero OnlineViking Rise

Hero Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~48
October 2026	~48	Up 6.7%
September 2026	~45
August 2026	~45	Down 4.3%
July 2026	~47	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~69k	Down 0.5%
October 2026	~69.4k	Up 0.3%
September 2026	~69.2k	Up 0.4%
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.

Steam concurrent players

Hero Online: 36Down 14%
Viking Rise: 859Down 5.6%

Viking Rise currently has about 24× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Hero Online — 859 vs 36.

Twitch viewers

Hero Online: 0
Viking Rise: 59Down 70%

Hero Online currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Viking Rise has 59.

Discord members

Hero Online: —
Viking Rise: 259.3kDown 1.6%

Viking Rise currently has 259,277 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Hero Online.

YouTube subscribers

Hero Online: —
Viking Rise: 114kUp 0.9%

Viking Rise currently has 114,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Hero Online.

How these estimates are made

Hero Online

Hero Online is estimated to have 110 – 400 players a day. Around 10k – 24k 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 28k – 72k 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.