Don’t Steal the Brainrots vs [UPD 2] Merge Defense

[UPD 2] Merge Defense currently leads with 1,837 concurrent players against 1,071, a 1.7× advantage. On all-time peak the record belongs to [UPD 2] Merge Defense at 1,837 concurrent players, versus 1,374. Lifetime, Don’t Steal the Brainrots has more visits (147.6M vs 350.1K). Full side-by-side history for Don’t Steal the Brainrots and [UPD 2] Merge Defense is charted above.

Don’t Steal the Brainrots 🧠
1,071
playing now
1,374 24h peak · 147.6M visits
VS
[🔥UPD 2] Merge Defense
1,837
playing now
1,796 24h peak · 350.1K visits

Player count history

Don’t Steal the Brainrots[UPD 2] Merge Defense

Head to head

Metric Don’t Steal the Brainrots [UPD 2] Merge DefenseDifference
Playing now1,0711,837766 (1.7×)
24h peak1,3741,796422
24h average1,0431,213170
7-day peak1,3741,796422
7-day average921811110
30-day peak1,3741,796422
All-time peak1,3741,837463
24h change 6.3% 45.4%
7d change 39.8%
Total visits147.6M350.1K147.2M (421.5×)
Visits (24h)123.2K74.6K48.6K (1.7×)
Visits (7d)812.7K211.6K601.1K (3.8×)
Favorites5.2M19.3K5.2M (270.2×)
Rating94.8%95.9%
Global rank (players)#1,283#899of 7,662
Trending score39.0148.5
CreatedSep 15, 2025Jun 21, 2026
GenreSimulationStrategy

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 — 9 days for Don’t Steal the Brainrots, 6 for [UPD 2] Merge Defense.

Don’t Steal the Brainrots vs [UPD 2] Merge Defense — Player Count Comparison | RoVitals