Head to head

Aliens Online vs Star Citizen

Aliens Online

Live

Star Citizen

Live

400 – 190k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 1998 · 29 years ago

August 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

No population data

400 – 190k

Estimated players

—

165.7k2.8%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Aliens OnlineStar Citizen

Aliens Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	—	—
September 2026	—	—
August 2026	—	—
July 2026	—	—

Star Citizen

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~164.6k	Up 0.7%
September 2026	~163.4k	Down 0.2%
August 2026	~163.7k	Down 0.6%
July 2026	~164.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Aliens Online: —
Star Citizen: 162.2k

Star Citizen currently has 162,169 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Aliens Online.

Reddit members

Aliens Online: —
Star Citizen: 533.5kUp 0.6%

Star Citizen currently has 533,543 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Aliens Online.

Twitch viewers

Aliens Online: —
Star Citizen: 4.2kDown 12%

Star Citizen currently has 4,182 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Aliens Online.

YouTube subscribers

Aliens Online: —
Star Citizen: 576kUp 0.2%

Star Citizen currently has 576,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Aliens Online.

How these estimates are made

Aliens Online

Not enough data collected to estimate this game yet.

Star Citizen

Star Citizen is estimated to have 400 – 190k players a day. Around 84k – 8m 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.