Zulu Defense vs Next Patient
Next Patient currently leads with 124 concurrent players against 80, a 1.6× advantage. On all-time peak the record belongs to Zulu Defense at 207 concurrent players, versus 184. Lifetime, Zulu Defense has more visits (32.2M vs 2.6M). Full side-by-side history for Zulu Defense and Next Patient is charted above.
Zulu Defense 📯
80
playing now
166 24h peak · 32.2M visits
VS
Next Patient
124
playing now
127 24h peak · 2.6M visits
Player count history
Zulu DefenseNext Patient
Head to head
| Metric | Zulu Defense | Next Patient | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing now | 80 | 124 | 44 (1.6×) |
| 24h peak | 166 | 127 | 39 |
| 24h average | 101 | 83 | 18 |
| 7-day peak | 184 | 184 | tie |
| 7-day average | 107 | 94 | 13 |
| 30-day peak | 184 | 184 | tie |
| All-time peak | 207 | 184 | 23 |
| 24h change | ▼ 4.7% | ▼ 6.7% | — |
| 7d change | — | — | — |
| Total visits | 32.2M | 2.6M | 29.6M (12.3×) |
| Visits (24h) | 13.1K | 10.8K | 2.3K |
| Visits (7d) | 83.6K | 58.3K | 25.3K |
| Favorites | 375.8K | 7.1K | 368.7K (53.0×) |
| Rating | 83.4% | 58.8% | — |
| Global rank (players) | #3,575 | #3,391 | of 7,127 |
| Trending score | -9.3 | -18.2 | — |
| Created | Aug 11, 2019 | Jun 8, 2026 | — |
| Genre | Shooter | 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 — 6 days for Zulu Defense, 5 for Next Patient.