Head to head

Black Squad vs War Thunder

Black Squad

Live

620 – 2k daily

War Thunder

Live

220k – 780k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2017 · 9 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

620 – 2k

220k – 780k

Estimated players

9.7k0.3%

372.3k2.4%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black SquadWar Thunder

Black Squad

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~9.7k	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~9.8k	Up 0.5%
July 2026	~9.8k	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~366.3k	Up 1.1%
August 2026	~362.3k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~360.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Squad: 221Down 5.2%
War Thunder: 66.1kDown 11%

War Thunder currently has about 299× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Black Squad — 66,109 vs 221.

Reddit members

Black Squad: 2.8kUp 0.2%
War Thunder: 562.2kUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 200× as many subreddit members as Black Squad — 562,240 vs 2,808.

Twitch viewers

Black Squad: 1Down 88%
War Thunder: 1.6kDown 49%

War Thunder currently has about 1612× as many live Twitch viewers as Black Squad — 1,612 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Black Squad: 12.2k
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 158× as many YouTube subscribers as Black Squad — 1,930,000 vs 12,200.

How these estimates are made

Black Squad

Black Squad is estimated to have 620 – 2k 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.

War Thunder

War Thunder is estimated to have 220k – 780k players a day. Around 8m – 21m 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.