Head to head

M.A.R.S. vs The Cycle: Frontier

M.A.R.S.

Live

85 – 300 daily

The Cycle: Frontier

Live

3 – 9 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2021 · 5 years ago

June 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

85 – 300

3 – 9

Estimated players

1.3k0.3%

37.8k1.8%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

M.A.R.S.The Cycle: Frontier

M.A.R.S.

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~1.3k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~1.3k	—

The Cycle: Frontier

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~37k
July 2026	~37k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

M.A.R.S.: 32
The Cycle: Frontier: 1Down 50%

M.A.R.S. currently has about 32× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Cycle: Frontier — 32 vs 1.

Discord members

M.A.R.S.: 4.2kDown 0.5%
The Cycle: Frontier: 106.9kDown 0.6%

The Cycle: Frontier currently has about 25× as many Discord members as M.A.R.S. — 106,897 vs 4,198.

Twitch viewers

M.A.R.S.: 0Down 100%
The Cycle: Frontier: 207Down 27%

M.A.R.S. currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while The Cycle: Frontier has 207.

YouTube subscribers

M.A.R.S.: 2.5kDown 0.4%
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.3k

The Cycle: Frontier currently has about 6.9× as many YouTube subscribers as M.A.R.S. — 17,300 vs 2,510.

Reddit members

M.A.R.S.: —
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.7k

The Cycle: Frontier currently has 17,671 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for M.A.R.S..

How these estimates are made

M.A.R.S.

M.A.R.S. is estimated to have 85 – 300 players a day. Around 32k – 82k 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.

The Cycle: Frontier

The Cycle: Frontier is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 720k – 2m 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.