Head to head

City of Heroes vs Create

City of Heroes

Live

62 – 29k daily

Create

Live

98 – 46k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2004 · 22 years ago

October 2019 · 7 years ago

Daily players

62 – 29k

98 – 46k

Estimated players

2.6k2.0%

45.1k5.9%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

City of HeroesCreate

City of Heroes

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~2.6k	Up 0.6%
August 2026	~2.6k	Up 0.3%
July 2026	~2.6k	—

Create

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~47.1k	Up 1.8%
August 2026	~46.3k
July 2026	~46.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

City of Heroes: 26kUp 0.6%
Create: 149.8kUp 2.3%

Create currently has about 5.8× as many subreddit members as City of Heroes — 149,767 vs 25,990.

Twitch viewers

City of Heroes: 19Down 47%
Create: 0

City of Heroes currently has 19 live Twitch viewers, while Create has 0.

Discord members

City of Heroes: —
Create: 82.8kUp 0.3%

Create currently has 82,770 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for City of Heroes.

YouTube subscribers

City of Heroes: —
Create: 57.1k

Create currently has 57,100 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for City of Heroes.

How these estimates are made

City of Heroes

City of Heroes is estimated to have 62 – 29k players a day. Around 29k – 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.

Create

Create is estimated to have 98 – 46k players a day. Around 36k – 4m 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.