Head to head

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO vs Sky: Children of the Light

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO

Live

15 – 53 daily

Sky: Children of the Light

Live

13k – 44k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2017 · 10 years ago

July 2019 · 7 years ago

Daily players

15 – 53

13k – 44k

Estimated players

244.0%

206.9k0.3%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Nintendo

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMOSky: Children of the Light

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~26
September 2026	~26
August 2026	~26
July 2026	~26	—

Sky: Children of the Light

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~205.1k	Up 0.6%
September 2026	~203.8k	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~203.1k	Up 16%
July 2026	~175.2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO: 9Up 13%
Sky: Children of the Light: 5.2kUp 45%

Sky: Children of the Light currently has about 582× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO — 5,235 vs 9.

Discord members

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO: —
Sky: Children of the Light: 649.7kDown 0.4%

Sky: Children of the Light currently has 649,696 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.

Reddit members

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO: —
Sky: Children of the Light: 69.3kUp 1.3%

Sky: Children of the Light currently has 69,320 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.

Twitch viewers

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO: —
Sky: Children of the Light: 112Up 18%

Sky: Children of the Light currently has 112 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.

YouTube subscribers

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO: —
Sky: Children of the Light: 260kUp 0.8%

Sky: Children of the Light currently has 260,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.

How these estimates are made

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO is estimated to have 15 – 53 players a day. Around 7k – 19k 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.

Sky: Children of the Light

Sky: Children of the Light is estimated to have 13k – 44k players a day. Around 440k – 1m 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.