Restaurant Tycoon 2 vs [UPD 2] Merge Defense
Restaurant Tycoon 2 currently leads with 3,355 concurrent players against 2,948. On all-time peak the record belongs to Restaurant Tycoon 2 at 4,248 concurrent players, versus 3,021. Lifetime, Restaurant Tycoon 2 has more visits (1.6B vs 436.1K). Full side-by-side history for Restaurant Tycoon 2 and [UPD 2] Merge Defense is charted above.
Restaurant Tycoon 2
3,355
playing now
3,884 24h peak · 1.6B visits
VS
[🔥UPD 2] Merge Defense
2,948
playing now
3,021 24h peak · 436.1K visits
Player count history
Restaurant Tycoon 2[UPD 2] Merge Defense
Head to head
| Metric | Restaurant Tycoon 2 | [UPD 2] Merge Defense | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing now | 3,355 | 2,948 | 407 |
| 24h peak | 3,884 | 3,021 | 863 |
| 24h average | 2,821 | 2,002 | 819 |
| 7-day peak | 4,213 | 3,021 | 1,192 |
| 7-day average | 2,794 | 1,116 | 1,678 (2.5×) |
| 30-day peak | 4,213 | 3,021 | 1,192 |
| All-time peak | 4,248 | 3,021 | 1,227 |
| 24h change | ▲ 5.9% | ▲ 125.7% | — |
| 7d change | ▲ 9.5% | — | — |
| Total visits | 1.6B | 436.1K | 1.6B (3771.1×) |
| Visits (24h) | 181.7K | 123.5K | 58.2K |
| Visits (7d) | 1.4M | 297.1K | 1.1M (4.9×) |
| Favorites | 4.3M | 24.8K | 4.3M (173.3×) |
| Rating | 93.1% | 96.1% | — |
| Global rank (players) | #584 | #651 | of 7,783 |
| Trending score | 3.3 | 256.5 | — |
| Created | Jul 1, 2019 | Jun 21, 2026 | — |
| Genre | Simulation | Strategy | — |
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 — 12 days for Restaurant Tycoon 2, 6 for [UPD 2] Merge Defense.