Head to head

Albion Online vs Rift

Albion Online

Live

23k – 81k daily

Rift

Live

510 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2017 · 9 years ago

March 2011 · 16 years ago

Daily players

23k – 81k

510 – 2k

Estimated players

107.5k1.3%

3.5k0.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Albion OnlineRift

Albion Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~106.8k	Up 1.4%
October 2026	~105.3k	Up 1.5%
September 2026	~103.7k	Up 3.2%
August 2026	~100.5k	Up 1.0%
July 2026	~99.6k	—

Rift

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.3%
October 2026	~3.5k	Down 0.1%
September 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.1%
July 2026	~3.5k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Albion Online: 7kDown 31%
Rift: 204Up 9.1%

Albion Online currently has about 34× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Rift — 6,997 vs 204.

Discord members

Albion Online: 222.2kUp 0.8%
Rift: —

Albion Online currently has 222,233 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Rift.

Reddit members

Albion Online: 140.9kUp 1.0%
Rift: 11kUp 0.5%

Albion Online currently has about 13× as many subreddit members as Rift — 140,948 vs 11,022.

Twitch viewers

Albion Online: 3.9kDown 50%
Rift: 0Down 100%

Albion Online currently has 3,875 live Twitch viewers, while Rift has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Albion Online: 141kUp 0.7%
Rift: 11.4k

Albion Online currently has about 12× as many YouTube subscribers as Rift — 141,000 vs 11,400.

How these estimates are made

Albion Online

Albion Online is estimated to have 23k – 81k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.

Rift

Rift is estimated to have 510 – 2k players a day. Around 230k – 580k 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.