Retail Tycoon 2 vs Dig the Backyard
Retail Tycoon 2 currently leads with 1,481 concurrent players against 618, a 2.4× advantage. On all-time peak the record belongs to Retail Tycoon 2 at 3,195 concurrent players, versus 2,237. Momentum favours Retail Tycoon 2: +14.3% week over week versus -18.3% for Dig the Backyard. Lifetime, Retail Tycoon 2 has more visits (335M vs 222.6M). Full side-by-side history for Retail Tycoon 2 and Dig the Backyard is charted above.
Retail Tycoon 2
1,481
playing now
2,725 24h peak · 335M visits
VS
Dig the Backyard
618
playing now
1,036 24h peak · 222.6M visits
Player count history
Retail Tycoon 2Dig the Backyard
Head to head
| Metric | Retail Tycoon 2 | Dig the Backyard | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing now | 1,481 | 618 | 863 (2.4×) |
| 24h peak | 2,725 | 1,036 | 1,689 (2.6×) |
| 24h average | 1,911 | 739 | 1,172 (2.6×) |
| 7-day peak | 3,152 | 2,230 | 922 |
| 7-day average | 2,171 | 1,058 | 1,113 (2.1×) |
| 30-day peak | 3,152 | 2,230 | 922 |
| All-time peak | 3,195 | 2,237 | 958 |
| 24h change | ▼ 12.1% | ▼ 15.9% | — |
| 7d change | ▲ 14.3% | ▼ 18.3% | — |
| Total visits | 335M | 222.6M | 112.4M (1.5×) |
| Visits (24h) | 93.5K | 79.5K | 14.1K |
| Visits (7d) | 734.7K | 776K | 41.2K |
| Favorites | 1.4M | 302.3K | 1.1M (4.6×) |
| Rating | 88.4% | 94.3% | — |
| Global rank (players) | #800 | #1,513 | of 7,213 |
| Trending score | -38.9 | -84.7 | — |
| Created | Oct 23, 2020 | Feb 18, 2025 | — |
| Genre | Simulation | Adventure | — |
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 — 11 days for Retail Tycoon 2, 11 for Dig the Backyard.