Protect the King vs Oil Empire
Oil Empire currently leads with 555 concurrent players against 169, a 3.3× advantage. On all-time peak the record belongs to Protect the King at 2,737 concurrent players, versus 1,896. Momentum favours Protect the King: +3.2% week over week versus -19.6% for Oil Empire. Lifetime, Oil Empire has more visits (117.6M vs 67.7M). Full side-by-side history for Protect the King and Oil Empire is charted above.
Protect the King 👑
169
playing now
2,737 24h peak · 67.7M visits
VS
Oil Empire🛢️
555
playing now
1,611 24h peak · 117.6M visits
Player count history
Protect the KingOil Empire
Head to head
| Metric | Protect the King | Oil Empire | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing now | 169 | 555 | 386 (3.3×) |
| 24h peak | 2,737 | 1,611 | 1,126 (1.7×) |
| 24h average | 1,284 | 709 | 575 (1.8×) |
| 7-day peak | 2,737 | 1,611 | 1,126 (1.7×) |
| 7-day average | 488 | 642 | 154 |
| 30-day peak | 2,737 | 1,611 | 1,126 (1.7×) |
| All-time peak | 2,737 | 1,896 | 841 |
| 24h change | ▲ 20.6% | ▲ 18.2% | — |
| 7d change | ▲ 3.2% | ▼ 19.6% | — |
| Total visits | 67.7M | 117.6M | 49.9M (1.7×) |
| Visits (24h) | 469.1K | 64.9K | 404.2K (7.2×) |
| Visits (7d) | 946.8K | 444.1K | 502.8K (2.1×) |
| Favorites | 1.1M | 286.2K | 797.8K (3.8×) |
| Rating | 82.7% | 98.1% | — |
| Global rank (players) | #3,085 | #1,642 | of 8,338 |
| Trending score | 482.9 | 28.7 | — |
| Created | Feb 23, 2024 | Sep 23, 2025 | — |
| Genre | RPG | Simulation | — |
Other comparisons
Both games are sampled on the same schedule and plotted on a shared time axis, so the comparison is like for like. Peaks, averages and growth come from RoVitals's own recorded history — 14 days for Protect the King, 14 for Oil Empire.