Head to head

DC Universe Online vs Sea of Thieves

DC Universe Online

Live

2k – 5k daily

Sea of Thieves

Live

19k – 67k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2011 · 16 years ago

March 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

2k – 5k

19k – 67k

Estimated players

23.9k2.7%

306.5k2.1%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DC Universe OnlineSea of Thieves

DC Universe Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~23.8k	Down 1.4%
September 2026	~24.1k
August 2026	~24.2k	Up 10%
July 2026	~21.9k	—

Sea of Thieves

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~308.3k	Up 3.3%
September 2026	~298.4k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~299.6k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~300.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DC Universe Online: 572Up 1.2%
Sea of Thieves: 5.2kUp 14%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 9.1× as many peak concurrent Steam players as DC Universe Online — 5,178 vs 572.

Discord members

DC Universe Online: 28.8kUp 1.4%
Sea of Thieves: 443.8k

Sea of Thieves currently has about 15× as many Discord members as DC Universe Online — 443,814 vs 28,827.

Reddit members

DC Universe Online: 31.1kUp 2.1%
Sea of Thieves: 614.8kUp 0.2%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 20× as many subreddit members as DC Universe Online — 614,764 vs 31,123.

Twitch viewers

DC Universe Online: 43Down 28%
Sea of Thieves: 1.9kDown 41%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 43× as many live Twitch viewers as DC Universe Online — 1,858 vs 43.

YouTube subscribers

DC Universe Online: 109k
Sea of Thieves: 675k

Sea of Thieves currently has about 6.2× as many YouTube subscribers as DC Universe Online — 675,000 vs 109,000.

How these estimates are made

DC Universe Online

DC Universe Online is estimated to have 2k – 5k players a day. Around 390k – 1m 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.

Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is estimated to have 19k – 67k players a day. Around 4m – 11m 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.