Head to head

Pixel Starships vs Viking Rise

Pixel Starships

Live

440 – 2k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2016 · 11 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

440 – 2k

2k – 8k

Estimated players

8.3k2.6%

70.1k1.1%

Available on

Browser
Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Side View

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Pixel StarshipsViking Rise

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	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~69.5k	Up 0.4%
September 2026	~69.2k	Up 0.4%
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

Pixel Starships: 165Down 5.7%
Viking Rise: 841Up 8.9%

Viking Rise currently has about 5.1× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pixel Starships — 841 vs 165.

Discord members

Pixel Starships: 20.2k
Viking Rise: 263k

Viking Rise currently has about 13× as many Discord members as Pixel Starships — 263,036 vs 20,213.

Reddit members

Pixel Starships: 9.3kUp 0.4%
Viking Rise: —

Pixel Starships currently has 9,335 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Pixel Starships: 0
Viking Rise: 9Down 86%

Pixel Starships currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Viking Rise has 9.

YouTube subscribers

Pixel Starships: 1.1k
Viking Rise: 114kUp 0.9%

Viking Rise currently has about 103× as many YouTube subscribers as Pixel Starships — 114,000 vs 1,110.

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.

Viking Rise

Viking Rise is estimated to have 2k – 8k players a day. Around 28k – 72k 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.