Head to head

Scum vs Viking Rise

Scum

Live

27k – 95k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2025 · 1 year ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

27k – 95k

2k – 7k

Estimated players

42.4k1.2%

69k0.2%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

ScumViking Rise

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~41.3k	Down 4.1%
August 2026	~43k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~42.4k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~68.9k
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

Scum: 5.5kDown 53%
Viking Rise: 357Down 57%

Scum currently has about 15× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Viking Rise — 5,519 vs 357.

Discord members

Scum: 68kUp 0.3%
Viking Rise: 263.3k

Viking Rise currently has about 3.9× as many Discord members as Scum — 263,285 vs 68,026.

Reddit members

Scum: 52.8kUp 0.3%
Viking Rise: —

Scum currently has 52,848 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Scum: 263Down 33%
Viking Rise: 211Down 80%

Scum currently has about 1.2× as many live Twitch viewers as Viking Rise — 263 vs 211.

YouTube subscribers

Scum: —
Viking Rise: 112kUp 1.8%

Viking Rise currently has 112,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Scum.

How these estimates are made

Scum

Scum is estimated to have 27k – 95k 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.

Viking Rise

Viking Rise is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 28k – 71k 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.