Head to head

Scum vs Spiral Knights

Scum

Live

30k – 110k daily

Spiral Knights

Live

700 – 3k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2025 · 1 year ago

April 2011 · 15 years ago

Daily players

30k – 110k

700 – 3k

Estimated players

41.9k5.0%

3.4k0.4%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

ScumSpiral Knights

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~43.4k	Up 0.8%
August 2026	~43k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~42.4k	—

Spiral Knights

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~3.4k	Down 0.3%
August 2026	~3.4k	Up 20%
July 2026	~2.9k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Scum: 10.9kDown 24%
Spiral Knights: 242Up 15%

Scum currently has about 45× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Spiral Knights — 10,878 vs 242.

Discord members

Scum: 68kUp 0.1%
Spiral Knights: —

Scum currently has 68,023 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Spiral Knights.

Reddit members

Scum: 52.9kUp 0.4%
Spiral Knights: 6.1kUp 2.1%

Scum currently has about 8.7× as many subreddit members as Spiral Knights — 52,938 vs 6,063.

Twitch viewers

Scum: 456Down 32%
Spiral Knights: 12Up 9.1%

Scum currently has about 38× as many live Twitch viewers as Spiral Knights — 456 vs 12.

YouTube subscribers

Scum: —
Spiral Knights: 2.5kUp 0.4%

Spiral Knights currently has 2,490 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Scum.

How these estimates are made

Scum

Scum is estimated to have 30k – 110k 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.

Spiral Knights

Spiral Knights is estimated to have 700 – 3k players a day. Around 420k – 1m 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.