Protect the King vs Drift 36
Drift 36 currently leads with 456 concurrent players against 169, a 2.7× advantage. On all-time peak the record belongs to Protect the King at 2,737 concurrent players, versus 1,785. Momentum favours Protect the King: +3.2% week over week versus -21.1% for Drift 36. Lifetime, Drift 36 has more visits (69.9M vs 67.7M). Full side-by-side history for Protect the King and Drift 36 is charted above.
Protect the King 👑
169
playing now
2,737 24h peak · 67.7M visits
VS
Drift 36
456
playing now
1,226 24h peak · 69.9M visits
Player count history
Protect the KingDrift 36
Head to head
| Metric | Protect the King | Drift 36 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing now | 169 | 456 | 287 (2.7×) |
| 24h peak | 2,737 | 1,226 | 1,511 (2.2×) |
| 24h average | 1,284 | 828 | 456 (1.6×) |
| 7-day peak | 2,737 | 1,614 | 1,123 (1.7×) |
| 7-day average | 488 | 998 | 510 (2.0×) |
| 30-day peak | 2,737 | 1,710 | 1,027 (1.6×) |
| All-time peak | 2,737 | 1,785 | 952 (1.5×) |
| 24h change | ▲ 20.6% | ▼ 12.6% | — |
| 7d change | ▲ 3.2% | ▼ 21.1% | — |
| Total visits | 67.7M | 69.9M | 2.1M |
| Visits (24h) | 469.1K | 132.2K | 336.8K (3.5×) |
| Visits (7d) | 946.8K | 1M | 69.3K |
| Favorites | 1.1M | 193.7K | 890.3K (5.6×) |
| Rating | 82.7% | 94.6% | — |
| Global rank (players) | #3,085 | #1,759 | of 8,338 |
| Trending score | 482.9 | -48.6 | — |
| Created | Feb 23, 2024 | Sep 5, 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 Drift 36.