Head to head

Puzzle Pirates vs Viking Rise

Puzzle Pirates

Live

950 – 3k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2003 · 23 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

950 – 3k

2k – 7k

Estimated players

2.4k2.5%

69.1k1.3%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Puzzle PiratesViking Rise

Puzzle Pirates

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~2.3k	Up 6.1%
October 2026	~2.2k	Up 4.2%
September 2026	~2.1k	Up 3.0%
August 2026	~2k	Up 1.7%
July 2026	~2k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~69k	Down 0.5%
October 2026	~69.4k	Up 0.3%
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

Puzzle Pirates: 264Down 4.0%
Viking Rise: 859Down 5.6%

Viking Rise currently has about 3.3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Puzzle Pirates — 859 vs 264.

Discord members

Puzzle Pirates: 5.1kUp 6.8%
Viking Rise: 259.3kDown 1.6%

Viking Rise currently has about 51× as many Discord members as Puzzle Pirates — 259,277 vs 5,085.

Reddit members

Puzzle Pirates: 3.8kUp 4.1%
Viking Rise: —

Puzzle Pirates currently has 3,838 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Puzzle Pirates: 7Up 133%
Viking Rise: 59Down 70%

Viking Rise currently has about 8.4× as many live Twitch viewers as Puzzle Pirates — 59 vs 7.

YouTube subscribers

Puzzle Pirates: —
Viking Rise: 114kUp 0.9%

Viking Rise currently has 114,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Puzzle Pirates.

How these estimates are made

Puzzle Pirates

Puzzle Pirates is estimated to have 950 – 3k players a day. Around 57k – 150k 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 – 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.