Head to head
Applied Energistics vs Star Citizen
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- Linux
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Applied Energistics
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~2.9k | Up 2.1% |
| August 2026 | ~2.9k | Up 0.2% |
| July 2026 | ~2.9k | — |
Star Citizen
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~163.1k | Down 0.3% |
| 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
- Applied Energistics
- 8.8kUp 0.8%
- Star Citizen
- 162.3kDown 0.1%
Star Citizen currently has about 19× as many Discord members as Applied Energistics — 162,258 vs 8,762.
Reddit members
- Applied Energistics
- —
- Star Citizen
- 531kUp 0.7%
Star Citizen currently has 530,975 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Applied Energistics.
Twitch viewers
- Applied Energistics
- —
- Star Citizen
- 3.3kDown 23%
Star Citizen currently has 3,267 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Applied Energistics.
YouTube subscribers
- Applied Energistics
- —
- Star Citizen
- 575k
Star Citizen currently has 575,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Applied Energistics.
How these estimates are made
Applied Energistics
Applied Energistics is estimated to have 12 – 6k players a day. Around 7k – 650k 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.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen is estimated to have 320 – 150k players a day. Around 75k – 7m 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.