Head to head

Heroes of the Dark vs Realm of the Mad God

Heroes of the Dark

Live

75 – 260 daily

Realm of the Mad God

Live

4k – 13k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2022 · 4 years ago

June 2011 · 15 years ago

Daily players

75 – 260

4k – 13k

Estimated players

34.8k3.6%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
macOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Heroes of the DarkRealm of the Mad God

Heroes of the Dark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~47	Up 21%
July 2026	~39	—

Realm of the Mad God

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~35.8k	Up 20%
July 2026	~30k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Heroes of the Dark: 26Down 16%
Realm of the Mad God: 1.2kDown 31%

Realm of the Mad God currently has about 46× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Heroes of the Dark — 1,201 vs 26.

Discord members

Heroes of the Dark: —
Realm of the Mad God: 67k

Realm of the Mad God currently has 67,003 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of the Dark.

Reddit members

Heroes of the Dark: —
Realm of the Mad God: 93k

Realm of the Mad God currently has 92,969 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of the Dark.

Twitch viewers

Heroes of the Dark: —
Realm of the Mad God: 50Down 12%

Realm of the Mad God currently has 50 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of the Dark.

YouTube subscribers

Heroes of the Dark: —
Realm of the Mad God: 12.4k

Realm of the Mad God currently has 12,400 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of the Dark.

How these estimates are made

Heroes of the Dark

Heroes of the Dark is estimated to have 75 – 260 players a day. Around 11k – 28k 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.

Realm of the Mad God

Realm of the Mad God is estimated to have 4k – 13k players a day. Around 750k – 2m 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.