Head to head

City of Heroes vs The Sandbox

City of Heroes

Live

74 – 34k daily

The Sandbox

Live

80 – 37k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2004 · 22 years ago

November 2021 · 5 years ago

Daily players

74 – 34k

80 – 37k

Estimated players

2.6k0.3%

72.2k0.8%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

City of HeroesThe Sandbox

City of Heroes

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2.6k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~2.6k	—

The Sandbox

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~71.7k	Up 0.3%
July 2026	~71.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

City of Heroes: 25.8k
The Sandbox: 17.4k

City of Heroes currently has about 1.5× as many subreddit members as The Sandbox — 25,798 vs 17,408.

Twitch viewers

City of Heroes: 85Up 85%
The Sandbox: —

City of Heroes currently has 85 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for The Sandbox.

Discord members

City of Heroes: —
The Sandbox: 256.7k

The Sandbox currently has 256,745 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for City of Heroes.

YouTube subscribers

City of Heroes: —
The Sandbox: 155k

The Sandbox currently has 155,000 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 74 – 34k players a day. Around 31k – 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.

The Sandbox

The Sandbox is estimated to have 80 – 37k players a day. Around 30k – 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.