Head to head

NosTale vs Scum

NosTale

Live

660 – 2k daily

Scum

Live

24k – 85k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2006 · 20 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

660 – 2k

24k – 85k

Estimated players

10.8k13%

43.3k6.0%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

NosTaleScum

NosTale

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~10.8k	Up 8.4%
September 2026	~9.9k	Up 5.6%
August 2026	~9.4k	Down 0.6%
July 2026	~9.5k	—

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~43.3k	Up 1.4%
September 2026	~42.7k	Down 0.8%
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

NosTale: 274Down 26%
Scum: 9.8kDown 9.2%

Scum currently has about 36× as many peak concurrent Steam players as NosTale — 9,829 vs 274.

Discord members

NosTale: 31.5k
Scum: 67.9kDown 0.2%

Scum currently has about 2.2× as many Discord members as NosTale — 67,904 vs 31,490.

Reddit members

NosTale: 3.7kUp 0.6%
Scum: 53kUp 0.3%

Scum currently has about 14× as many subreddit members as NosTale — 52,995 vs 3,744.

Twitch viewers

NosTale: 25Down 76%
Scum: 639Down 22%

Scum currently has about 26× as many live Twitch viewers as NosTale — 639 vs 25.

YouTube subscribers

NosTale: 6.6kUp 0.2%
Scum: —

NosTale currently has 6,600 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Scum.

How these estimates are made

NosTale

NosTale is estimated to have 660 – 2k players a day. Around 84k – 220k 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 24k – 85k 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.