Head to head

Anarchy Online vs Sea of Thieves

Anarchy Online

Live

8 – 26 daily

Sea of Thieves

Live

11k – 40k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2001 · 25 years ago

March 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

8 – 26

11k – 40k

Estimated players

18.5k

301.5k1.0%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Anarchy OnlineSea of Thieves

Anarchy Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~18.5k
August 2026	~18.5k
July 2026	~18.5k	—

Sea of Thieves

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~300.7k	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~299.6k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~300.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Anarchy Online: 2
Sea of Thieves: 3kDown 46%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 1482× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Anarchy Online — 2,964 vs 2.

Reddit members

Anarchy Online: 4.8kUp 0.5%
Sea of Thieves: 613.7kUp 0.2%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 128× as many subreddit members as Anarchy Online — 613,654 vs 4,808.

Twitch viewers

Anarchy Online: 2Up 100%
Sea of Thieves: 1.3kDown 61%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 649× as many live Twitch viewers as Anarchy Online — 1,297 vs 2.

YouTube subscribers

Anarchy Online: 180k
Sea of Thieves: 675kDown 0.1%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 3.8× as many YouTube subscribers as Anarchy Online — 675,000 vs 180,000.

Discord members

Anarchy Online: —
Sea of Thieves: 443.9k

Sea of Thieves currently has 443,850 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Anarchy Online.

How these estimates are made

Anarchy Online

Anarchy Online is estimated to have 8 – 26 players a day. Around 10k – 25k 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.

Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is estimated to have 11k – 40k players a day. Around 4m – 11m 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.