Head to head

Dark Swords vs PlanetSide 2

Dark Swords

Live

63 – 220 daily

PlanetSide 2

Live

1k – 4k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2019 · 7 years ago

November 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

63 – 220

1k – 4k

Estimated players

419.3%

26.7k0.2%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Dark SwordsPlanetSide 2

Dark Swords

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~41	Up 2.5%
August 2026	~40	Up 18%
July 2026	~34	—

PlanetSide 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~26.7k
August 2026	~26.7k	Up 12%
July 2026	~23.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Dark Swords: 23Up 21%
PlanetSide 2: 493Down 3.0%

PlanetSide 2 currently has about 21× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Dark Swords — 493 vs 23.

Reddit members

Dark Swords: —
PlanetSide 2: 91.7kUp 0.2%

PlanetSide 2 currently has 91,662 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Swords.

Twitch viewers

Dark Swords: —
PlanetSide 2: 58Up 93%

PlanetSide 2 currently has 58 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Swords.

YouTube subscribers

Dark Swords: —
PlanetSide 2: 98.4kDown 0.1%

PlanetSide 2 currently has 98,400 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Swords.

How these estimates are made

Dark Swords

Dark Swords is estimated to have 63 – 220 players a day. Around 10k – 25k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

PlanetSide 2

PlanetSide 2 is estimated to have 1k – 4k players a day. Around 1m – 3m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.