Head to head

Highrise vs Rift

Highrise

Live

910 – 3k daily

Rift

Live

500 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2025 · 10 months ago

March 2011 · 16 years ago

Daily players

910 – 3k

500 – 2k

Estimated players

38.2k0.2%

3.5k0.2%

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
September 2026	~38k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~37.9k
July 2026	~38k	—

Rift

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.2%
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: 291Up 44%
Rift: 194Up 7.2%

Highrise currently has about 1.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Rift — 291 vs 194.

Discord members

Highrise: 173.7k
Rift: —

Highrise currently has 173,696 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Rift.

YouTube subscribers

Highrise: 16.5kUp 0.6%
Rift: 11.4k

Highrise currently has about 1.4× as many YouTube subscribers as Rift — 16,500 vs 11,400.

Reddit members

Highrise: —
Rift: 10.9kUp 0.5%

Rift currently has 10,932 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Highrise.

Twitch viewers

Highrise: —
Rift: 1

Rift currently has 1 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Highrise.

How these estimates are made

Highrise

Highrise is estimated to have 910 – 3k players a day. Around 12k – 32k 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 500 – 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.