Head to head

Palworld vs Viking Rise

Palworld

Live

350k – 1m daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2026 · 2 months ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

350k – 1m

2k – 7k

Estimated players

373.4k1.1%

69k0.2%

Available on

Windows
Xbox
macOS
PlayStation

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

PalworldViking Rise

Palworld

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~374k	Down 16%
August 2026	~446.2k	Down 7.6%
July 2026	~483.1k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~69k
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

Palworld: 141.3kDown 70%
Viking Rise: 782Down 9.2%

Palworld currently has about 181× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Viking Rise — 141,304 vs 782.

Discord members

Palworld: 316.1kUp 3.1%
Viking Rise: 263.3k

Palworld currently has about 1.2× as many Discord members as Viking Rise — 316,077 vs 263,285.

Reddit members

Palworld: 889.3kUp 4.6%
Viking Rise: —

Palworld currently has 889,281 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Palworld: 7.6kDown 81%
Viking Rise: 103Up 47%

Palworld currently has about 74× as many live Twitch viewers as Viking Rise — 7,600 vs 103.

YouTube subscribers

Palworld: 612kUp 2.3%
Viking Rise: 112kUp 1.8%

Palworld currently has about 5.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Viking Rise — 612,000 vs 112,000.

How these estimates are made

Palworld

Palworld is estimated to have 350k – 1m players a day. Around 5m – 14m 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.