Head to head

Combat Arms: the Classic vs Modern Combat 5: Blackout

Combat Arms: the Classic

Released

~440 daily · 320 – 620

Last measured Nov 9, 2026

Modern Combat 5: Blackout

Released

~6.4k daily · 1.5k – 19k

Last measured Nov 9, 2026

VerdictModern Combat 5: Blackout has ~15× Combat Arms: the Classic's daily players (~6.4k vs ~440, as of Nov 9, 2026). Modern Combat 5: Blackout's estimate is low confidence: read the gap as an order of magnitude.

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Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

July 2020 · 6 years ago

July 2014 · 12 years ago

Est. daily players

~440320 – 620Medium confidence · Last measured Nov 9, 2026

~6.4k1.5k – 19kLow confidence · Last measured Nov 9, 2026

Available on

Windows

Android
iOS
Nintendo
Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

First Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Combat Arms: the ClassicModern Combat 5: Blackout

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.

Steam concurrent players

Combat Arms: the Classic: 82Up 7.9% past week
Modern Combat 5: Blackout: 1

Combat Arms: the Classic currently has about 82× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Modern Combat 5: Blackout — 82 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Combat Arms: the Classic: —
Modern Combat 5: Blackout: 917k

Modern Combat 5: Blackout currently has 917,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Combat Arms: the Classic.

How these estimates are made

Combat Arms: the Classic

We estimate that about 440 people play Combat Arms: the Classic on a typical day (most likely between 320 and 620), based on data from Nov 9, 2026. Around 91,000 accounts (between 71,000 and 120,000) 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.

Modern Combat 5: Blackout

We estimate that about 6,400 people play Modern Combat 5: Blackout on a typical day (most likely between 1,500 and 19,000), based on data from Nov 9, 2026. Around 550,000 accounts (between 190,000 and 1,300,000) have played it at some point. Modern Combat 5: Blackout is on Steam, but Steam covers only part of its players, so the estimate also draws on the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. Confidence: low — a community-size model, not a measurement.

How we estimate