Head to head

Elsword vs War Thunder

Elsword

Live

130 – 470 daily

War Thunder

Live

180k – 640k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2019 · 7 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

130 – 470

180k – 640k

Estimated players

16.6k1.1%

362k

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

ElswordWar Thunder

Elsword

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~16.5k	Down 1.2%
July 2026	~16.7k	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~362.3k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~360.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elsword: 59Up 23%
War Thunder: 71.6kDown 1.2%

War Thunder currently has about 1214× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Elsword — 71,638 vs 59.

Discord members

Elsword: 25.1kUp 0.2%
War Thunder: —

Elsword currently has 25,105 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for War Thunder.

Reddit members

Elsword: 22.5kUp 0.1%
War Thunder: 559.7kUp 0.1%

War Thunder currently has about 25× as many subreddit members as Elsword — 559,683 vs 22,543.

Twitch viewers

Elsword: 22Down 27%
War Thunder: 1.1kDown 36%

War Thunder currently has about 49× as many live Twitch viewers as Elsword — 1,084 vs 22.

YouTube subscribers

Elsword: 70.3kUp 0.1%
War Thunder: 1.9m

War Thunder currently has about 27× as many YouTube subscribers as Elsword — 1,920,000 vs 70,300.

How these estimates are made

Elsword

Elsword is estimated to have 130 – 470 players a day. Around 3k – 8k 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.

War Thunder

War Thunder is estimated to have 180k – 640k players a day. Around 8m – 21m 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.