Head to head

Nightmare vs Scum

Nightmare

Live

3 – 9 daily

Scum

Live

28k – 98k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2021 · 5 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

3 – 9

28k – 98k

Estimated players

1963.4%

41.5k3.3%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

NightmareScum

Nightmare

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~207	Down 0.5%
August 2026	~208	Up 0.5%
July 2026	~207	—

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~43.2k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~43k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~42.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Nightmare: 0Down 100%
Scum: 8.3kDown 28%

Nightmare currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Scum has 8,327.

Discord members

Nightmare: 656Down 0.2%
Scum: 68kUp 0.1%

Scum currently has about 104× as many Discord members as Nightmare — 67,984 vs 656.

YouTube subscribers

Nightmare: 75
Scum: —

Nightmare currently has 75 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Scum.

Reddit members

Nightmare: —
Scum: 53kUp 0.3%

Scum currently has 52,955 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Nightmare.

Twitch viewers

Nightmare: —
Scum: 1.1kDown 13%

Scum currently has 1,134 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Nightmare.

How these estimates are made

Nightmare

Nightmare is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 8k – 21k 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.

Scum

Scum is estimated to have 28k – 98k players a day. Around 2m – 4m 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.