Head to head

Infestation: The New Z vs Viking Rise

Infestation: The New Z

Live

570 – 2k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2016 · 10 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

570 – 2k

2k – 7k

Estimated players

10.9k0.9%

69.3k0.2%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Infestation: The New ZViking Rise

Infestation: The New Z

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~10.9k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~10.8k	Down 0.3%
July 2026	~10.8k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~69.2k	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~68.9k	Up 15%
July 2026	~59.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Infestation: The New Z: 246Up 21%
Viking Rise: 789Up 13%

Viking Rise currently has about 3.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Infestation: The New Z — 789 vs 246.

Discord members

Infestation: The New Z: 32.6k
Viking Rise: 263.2k

Viking Rise currently has about 8.1× as many Discord members as Infestation: The New Z — 263,151 vs 32,632.

Twitch viewers

Infestation: The New Z: 50Up 47%
Viking Rise: 6Down 98%

Infestation: The New Z currently has about 8.3× as many live Twitch viewers as Viking Rise — 50 vs 6.

YouTube subscribers

Infestation: The New Z: 1.6kDown 0.6%
Viking Rise: 112kUp 0.9%

Viking Rise currently has about 71× as many YouTube subscribers as Infestation: The New Z — 112,000 vs 1,570.

How these estimates are made

Infestation: The New Z

Infestation: The New Z is estimated to have 570 – 2k players a day. Around 560k – 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.

Viking Rise

Viking Rise is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 28k – 71k 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.