Islands vs Connect the Words

Islands currently leads with 1,007 concurrent players against 308, a 3.3× advantage. On all-time peak the record belongs to Connect the Words at 1,570 concurrent players, versus 1,516. Momentum favours Islands: -4.8% week over week versus -13.6% for Connect the Words. Lifetime, Islands has more visits (2.4B vs 25.1M). Full side-by-side history for Islands and Connect the Words is charted above.

Islands 👩‍🌾
1,007
playing now
1,335 24h peak · 2.4B visits
VS
Connect the Words 💬
308
playing now
1,044 24h peak · 25.1M visits

Player count history

IslandsConnect the Words

Head to head

Metric Islands Connect the WordsDifference
Playing now1,007308699 (3.3×)
24h peak1,3351,044291
24h average1,086551535 (2.0×)
7-day peak1,3351,27263
7-day average1,048623425 (1.7×)
30-day peak1,3351,27263
All-time peak1,5161,57054
24h change 4.1% 14.6%
7d change 4.8% 13.6%
Total visits2.4B25.1M2.3B (93.8×)
Visits (24h)102.8K82.3K20.5K
Visits (7d)712.8K571.9K140.9K
Favorites3.4M39.6K3.4M (86.0×)
Rating89.8%83.0%
Global rank (players)#1,293#2,538of 8,339
Trending score10.8-30.5
CreatedApr 8, 2020Mar 12, 2026
GenreSimulationPuzzle

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 — 13 days for Islands, 13 for Connect the Words.