Head to head

Pixel Starships vs Scum

Pixel Starships

Live

440 – 2k daily

Scum

Live

33k – 120k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2016 · 11 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

440 – 2k

33k – 120k

Estimated players

8.3k2.6%

45k3.1%

Available on

Browser
Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Pixel StarshipsScum

Pixel Starships

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~8.1k	Up 0.2%
September 2026	~8.1k	Up 0.2%
August 2026	~8.1k
July 2026	~8.1k	—

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~43.5k	Up 1.8%
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

Pixel Starships: 165Down 5.7%
Scum: 9.1kDown 8.2%

Scum currently has about 55× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pixel Starships — 9,079 vs 165.

Discord members

Pixel Starships: 20.2k
Scum: 67.8kDown 0.2%

Scum currently has about 3.4× as many Discord members as Pixel Starships — 67,785 vs 20,213.

Reddit members

Pixel Starships: 9.3kUp 0.4%
Scum: 53.1kUp 0.2%

Scum currently has about 5.7× as many subreddit members as Pixel Starships — 53,104 vs 9,335.

Twitch viewers

Pixel Starships: 0
Scum: 338Down 47%

Pixel Starships currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Scum has 338.

YouTube subscribers

Pixel Starships: 1.1k
Scum: —

Pixel Starships currently has 1,110 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Scum.

How these estimates are made

Pixel Starships

Pixel Starships is estimated to have 440 – 2k players a day. Around 72k – 180k 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 33k – 120k 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.