Head to head

Inkbound vs Viking Rise

Inkbound

Live

190 – 660 daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2024 · 2 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

190 – 660

2k – 7k

Estimated players

2.6k4.2%

69.1k0.2%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

InkboundViking Rise

Inkbound

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2.6k	Down 4.6%
September 2026	~2.7k	Down 3.8%
August 2026	~2.8k	Down 0.8%
July 2026	~2.9k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~69.1k	Down 0.2%
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

Inkbound: 52Down 24%
Viking Rise: 750Down 6.5%

Viking Rise currently has about 14× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Inkbound — 750 vs 52.

Discord members

Inkbound: 6.5kDown 1.5%
Viking Rise: 263.4k

Viking Rise currently has about 40× as many Discord members as Inkbound — 263,356 vs 6,537.

Twitch viewers

Inkbound: 0
Viking Rise: 51Down 77%

Inkbound currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Viking Rise has 51.

YouTube subscribers

Inkbound: 836Down 0.2%
Viking Rise: 113kUp 0.9%

Viking Rise currently has about 135× as many YouTube subscribers as Inkbound — 113,000 vs 836.

How these estimates are made

Inkbound

Inkbound is estimated to have 190 – 660 players a day. Around 92k – 240k 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 – 72k 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.