Head to head

Pirate101 vs Scum

Pirate101

Live

120 – 410 daily

Scum

Live

28k – 98k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2012 · 14 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

120 – 410

28k – 98k

Estimated players

11.2k1.4%

44.1k0.7%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Pirate101Scum

Pirate101

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~11.4k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~11.3k	Up 7.6%
July 2026	~10.5k	—

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~43.1k
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

Pirate101: 40Down 11%
Scum: 8.5kDown 23%

Scum currently has about 212× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pirate101 — 8,481 vs 40.

Discord members

Pirate101: 11.2kUp 3.0%
Scum: 68kUp 0.3%

Scum currently has about 6.1× as many Discord members as Pirate101 — 68,047 vs 11,241.

Reddit members

Pirate101: 10.6kUp 1.5%
Scum: 52.9kUp 0.3%

Scum currently has about 5× as many subreddit members as Pirate101 — 52,864 vs 10,556.

Twitch viewers

Pirate101: 1Down 96%
Scum: 351Down 61%

Scum currently has about 351× as many live Twitch viewers as Pirate101 — 351 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Pirate101: 67.2kUp 0.1%
Scum: —

Pirate101 currently has 67,200 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Scum.

How these estimates are made

Pirate101

Pirate101 is estimated to have 120 – 410 players a day. Around 15k – 37k 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.