Head to head

City of Heroes vs The Elder Scrolls Online

City of Heroes

Released

~1.9k daily · 430 – 5.5k

Last measured Nov 13, 2026

The Elder Scrolls Online

Released

~200k daily · 120k – 340k

Last measured Nov 13, 2026

VerdictThe Elder Scrolls Online has ~105× City of Heroes's daily players (~200k vs ~1.9k, as of Nov 13, 2026). City of Heroes's estimate is low confidence: read the gap as an order of magnitude.

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

April 2004 · 23 years ago

April 2014 · 13 years ago

Est. daily players

~1.9k430 – 5.5k43% this weekLow confidence · Last measured Nov 13, 2026

~200k120k – 340k9.3% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 13, 2026

Available on

macOS
Windows

macOS
PlayStation
Stadia
Windows
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

City of HeroesThe Elder Scrolls Online

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Reddit members

City of Heroes: 26.2k
The Elder Scrolls Online: 510.6k

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 19× as many subreddit members as City of Heroes — 510,580 vs 26,242.

Twitch viewers

City of Heroes: 15Down 55% past week
The Elder Scrolls Online: 799Up 3.5% past week

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 53× as many live Twitch viewers as City of Heroes — 799 vs 15.

Steam concurrent players

City of Heroes: —
The Elder Scrolls Online: 8.4kDown 28% past week

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has 8,409 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for City of Heroes.

Discord members

City of Heroes: —
The Elder Scrolls Online: 64.7kUp 2.5% past week

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has 64,730 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for City of Heroes.

How these estimates are made

City of Heroes

We estimate that about 1,900 people play City of Heroes on a typical day (most likely between 430 and 5,500), based on data from Nov 13, 2026. Around 330,000 accounts (between 120,000 and 770,000) have played it at some point. City of Heroes publishes no Steam player data, so the estimate is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. Confidence: low — a community-size model, not a measurement.

The Elder Scrolls Online

We estimate that about 200,000 people play The Elder Scrolls Online on a typical day (most likely between 120,000 and 340,000), based on data from Nov 13, 2026. Around 9,400,000 accounts (between 6,200,000 and 14,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate