Head to head

Aion vs Star Citizen

Aion

Live

77 – 36k daily

Star Citizen

Live

380 – 180k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2008 · 18 years ago

August 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

77 – 36k

380 – 180k

Estimated players

2.6k0.4%

166.2k

Available on

Windows

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

AionStar Citizen

Aion

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2.6k	Up 1.3%
July 2026	~2.6k	—

Star Citizen

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~163.4k	Down 0.8%
July 2026	~164.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

Aion: 10.8kUp 0.5%
Star Citizen: 527.7kUp 1.0%

Star Citizen currently has about 49× as many subreddit members as Aion — 527,738 vs 10,829.

Twitch viewers

Aion: 276Down 13%
Star Citizen: 3.4kDown 84%

Star Citizen currently has about 12× as many live Twitch viewers as Aion — 3,426 vs 276.

YouTube subscribers

Aion: 14.6k
Star Citizen: 575kUp 0.2%

Star Citizen currently has about 39× as many YouTube subscribers as Aion — 575,000 vs 14,600.

Discord members

Aion: —
Star Citizen: 162.4kUp 0.2%

Star Citizen currently has 162,362 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Aion.

How these estimates are made

Aion

Aion is estimated to have 77 – 36k players a day. Around 24k – 2m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.