Head to head

Age of Empires: Online vs War Thunder

Age of Empires: Online

Live

25 – 88 daily

War Thunder

Live

170k – 620k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2011 · 15 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

25 – 88

170k – 620k

Estimated players

3k4.3%

360.9k0.7%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Age of Empires: OnlineWar Thunder

Age of Empires: Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~3.1k	Up 18%
July 2026	~2.7k	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~361.6k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~360.3k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Age of Empires: Online: 8Down 11%
War Thunder: 72.2kDown 8.7%

War Thunder currently has about 9030× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Age of Empires: Online — 72,240 vs 8.

Discord members

Age of Empires: Online: 9.6k
War Thunder: —

Age of Empires: Online currently has 9,619 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for War Thunder.

Reddit members

Age of Empires: Online: 2.6k
War Thunder: 560.1kUp 0.1%

War Thunder currently has about 216× as many subreddit members as Age of Empires: Online — 560,129 vs 2,590.

Twitch viewers

Age of Empires: Online: 0Down 100%
War Thunder: 1.1kDown 39%

Age of Empires: Online currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while War Thunder has 1,093.

YouTube subscribers

Age of Empires: Online: 2.8k
War Thunder: 1.9m

War Thunder currently has about 681× as many YouTube subscribers as Age of Empires: Online — 1,920,000 vs 2,820.

How these estimates are made

Age of Empires: Online

Age of Empires: Online is estimated to have 25 – 88 players a day. Around 17k – 44k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

War Thunder

War Thunder is estimated to have 170k – 620k players a day. Around 8m – 21m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.