Head to head
AQ First Contact vs The Sandbox
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
- Windows
- macOS
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
AQ First Contact
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~82 | Down 3.5% |
| September 2026 | ~85 | Down 6.6% |
| August 2026 | ~91 | Down 2.2% |
| July 2026 | ~93 | — |
The Sandbox
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~71.2k | Down 0.4% |
| September 2026 | ~71.4k | |
| August 2026 | ~71.5k | Down 0.1% |
| July 2026 | ~71.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Discord members
- AQ First Contact
- 278Down 0.4%
- The Sandbox
- 255.3kDown 0.3%
The Sandbox currently has about 918× as many Discord members as AQ First Contact — 255,342 vs 278.
Reddit members
- AQ First Contact
- —
- The Sandbox
- 17.4k
The Sandbox currently has 17,417 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for AQ First Contact.
Twitch viewers
- AQ First Contact
- —
- The Sandbox
- 0Down 100%
The Sandbox currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for AQ First Contact.
YouTube subscribers
- AQ First Contact
- —
- The Sandbox
- 154k
The Sandbox currently has 154,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for AQ First Contact.
How these estimates are made
AQ First Contact
AQ First Contact is estimated to have 1 – 520 players a day. Around 1k – 99k 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.
The Sandbox
The Sandbox is estimated to have 42 – 20k players a day. Around 23k – 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.
Compare two other games
Related games
From the same developers or publishers.
