Head to head

City of Heroes vs Hytale

City of Heroes

Live

130 – 62k daily

Hytale

Live

220 – 100k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2004 · 22 years ago

January 2026 · 8 months ago

Daily players

130 – 62k

220 – 100k

Estimated players

2.6k2.2%

240.1k1.8%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

City of HeroesHytale

City of Heroes

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

Hytale

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~234.4k	Down 1.9%
July 2026	~238.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

City of Heroes: 25.9kUp 0.5%
Hytale: 83.6kUp 1.1%

Hytale currently has about 3.2× as many subreddit members as City of Heroes — 83,633 vs 25,891.

Twitch viewers

City of Heroes: 45Up 61%
Hytale: 86Down 31%

Hytale currently has about 1.9× as many live Twitch viewers as City of Heroes — 86 vs 45.

Discord members

City of Heroes: —
Hytale: 521.2kDown 1.5%

Hytale currently has 521,167 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for City of Heroes.

YouTube subscribers

City of Heroes: —
Hytale: 623kDown 0.2%

Hytale currently has 623,000 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 130 – 62k players a day. Around 39k – 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.

Hytale

Hytale is estimated to have 220 – 100k players a day. Around 67k – 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.