Head to head

Hytale vs Shaiya

Hytale

Live

250 – 120k daily

Shaiya

Live

6 – 3k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2026 · 9 months ago

December 2007 · 19 years ago

Daily players

250 – 120k

6 – 3k

Estimated players

244.3k4.6%

226.8%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

HytaleShaiya

Hytale

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~244.3k	Up 5.2%
September 2026	~232.3k	Down 0.9%
August 2026	~234.4k	Down 1.9%
July 2026	~238.9k	—

Shaiya

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~23
September 2026	~23
August 2026	~23	Up 4.5%
July 2026	~22	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Hytale: 514.8kDown 1.2%
Shaiya: —

Hytale currently has 514,772 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Shaiya.

Reddit members

Hytale: 84.4kUp 0.8%
Shaiya: 213Up 0.5%

Hytale currently has about 396× as many subreddit members as Shaiya — 84,408 vs 213.

Twitch viewers

Hytale: 23Down 66%
Shaiya: 1Down 95%

Hytale currently has about 23× as many live Twitch viewers as Shaiya — 23 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Hytale: 624kUp 0.2%
Shaiya: —

Hytale currently has 624,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Shaiya.

How these estimates are made

Hytale

Hytale is estimated to have 250 – 120k players a day. Around 72k – 7m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

Shaiya

Shaiya is estimated to have 6 – 3k players a day. Around 5k – 460k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.