Head to head

Highrise vs Rift

Highrise

Live

490 – 2k daily

Rift

Live

510 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2025 · 1 year ago

March 2011 · 16 years ago

Daily players

490 – 2k

510 – 2k

Estimated players

38k0.8%

3.5k0.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

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Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

HighriseRift

Highrise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~38k	Up 0.1%
October 2026	~37.9k
September 2026	~37.9k
August 2026	~37.9k
July 2026	~38k	—

Rift

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.3%
October 2026	~3.5k	Down 0.1%
September 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.1%
July 2026	~3.5k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Highrise: 195Down 42%
Rift: 204Up 9.1%

Highrise and Rift are nearly even on peak concurrent Steam players — 195 vs 204.

Discord members

Highrise: 172.1kDown 0.8%
Rift: —

Highrise currently has 172,132 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Rift.

Twitch viewers

Highrise: 0
Rift: 0Down 100%

Highrise currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Rift has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Highrise: 16.8kUp 0.6%
Rift: 11.4k

Highrise currently has about 1.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Rift — 16,800 vs 11,400.

Reddit members

Highrise: —
Rift: 11kUp 0.5%

Rift currently has 11,022 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Highrise.

How these estimates are made

Highrise

Highrise is estimated to have 490 – 2k players a day. Around 13k – 33k 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.

Rift

Rift is estimated to have 510 – 2k players a day. Around 230k – 580k 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.