Head to head

Strife vs The Cycle: Frontier

Strife

Live

30 – 110 daily

The Cycle: Frontier

Live

3 – 9 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2015 · 11 years ago

June 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

30 – 110

3 – 9

Estimated players

1.2k0.4%

37.8k1.2%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

StrifeThe Cycle: Frontier

Strife

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.2k
August 2026	~1.2k
July 2026	~1.2k	—

The Cycle: Frontier

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~36.9k	Down 0.3%
August 2026	~37k
July 2026	~37k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Strife: 4Down 33%
The Cycle: Frontier: 2Down 50%

Strife currently has about 2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Cycle: Frontier — 4 vs 2.

Twitch viewers

Strife: 0Down 100%
The Cycle: Frontier: 104Down 81%

Strife currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while The Cycle: Frontier has 104.

YouTube subscribers

Strife: 7kDown 0.1%
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.3k

The Cycle: Frontier currently has about 2.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Strife — 17,300 vs 6,990.

Discord members

Strife: —
The Cycle: Frontier: 106.5kDown 0.7%

The Cycle: Frontier currently has 106,479 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Strife.

Reddit members

Strife: —
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.7k

The Cycle: Frontier currently has 17,673 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Strife.

How these estimates are made

Strife

Strife is estimated to have 30 – 110 players a day. Around 110k – 280k 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.

The Cycle: Frontier

The Cycle: Frontier is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 720k – 2m 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.