Head to head

Blade & Soul vs Heroes of Newerth

Blade & Soul

Live

44 – 21k daily

Heroes of Newerth

Live

76 – 35k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2012 · 14 years ago

May 2010 · 16 years ago

Daily players

44 – 21k

76 – 35k

Estimated players

11.5k

19.5k

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Blade & SoulHeroes of Newerth

Blade & Soul

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~11.5k
August 2026	~11.5k
July 2026	~11.5k	—

Heroes of Newerth

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~19.5k
August 2026	~19.4k
July 2026	~19.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

Blade & Soul: 49.1k
Heroes of Newerth: 19.5kUp 0.6%

Blade & Soul currently has about 2.5× as many subreddit members as Heroes of Newerth — 49,148 vs 19,520.

Twitch viewers

Blade & Soul: 24Up 300%
Heroes of Newerth: 0Down 100%

Blade & Soul currently has 24 live Twitch viewers, while Heroes of Newerth has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Blade & Soul: 65.6k
Heroes of Newerth: 175k

Heroes of Newerth currently has about 2.7× as many YouTube subscribers as Blade & Soul — 175,000 vs 65,600.

How these estimates are made

Blade & Soul

Blade & Soul is estimated to have 44 – 21k players a day. Around 26k – 3m 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.

Heroes of Newerth

Heroes of Newerth is estimated to have 76 – 35k players a day. Around 33k – 3m 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.