Head to head

Milky Way Idle vs Viking Rise

Milky Way Idle

Live

2k – 7k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2023 · 3 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

2k – 7k

Estimated players

3.9k1.5%

69.3k0.2%

Available on

Browser
Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Milky Way IdleViking Rise

Milky Way Idle

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~3.8k	Up 1.4%
August 2026	~3.8k	Up 1.1%
July 2026	~3.7k	—

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

Milky Way Idle: 853Down 0.9%
Viking Rise: 789Up 13%

Milky Way Idle and Viking Rise are nearly even on peak concurrent Steam players — 853 vs 789.

Discord members

Milky Way Idle: 10kUp 0.3%
Viking Rise: 263.2k

Viking Rise currently has about 26× as many Discord members as Milky Way Idle — 263,151 vs 9,996.

Reddit members

Milky Way Idle: 578Up 2.8%
Viking Rise: —

Milky Way Idle currently has 578 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Milky Way Idle: 0
Viking Rise: 6Down 98%

Milky Way Idle currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Viking Rise has 6.

YouTube subscribers

Milky Way Idle: —
Viking Rise: 112kUp 0.9%

Viking Rise currently has 112,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Milky Way Idle.

How these estimates are made

Milky Way Idle

Milky Way Idle is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 60k – 150k 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.