Head to head
Ember Sword vs The Sandbox
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Browser
- Windows
- macOS
- Windows
- macOS
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Ember Sword
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~13.9k | Down 1.6% |
| September 2026 | ~14.1k | Down 0.6% |
| August 2026 | ~14.2k | Up 17% |
| July 2026 | ~12.1k | — |
The Sandbox
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~71.2k | Down 0.4% |
| September 2026 | ~71.4k | |
| August 2026 | ~71.5k | Down 0.1% |
| July 2026 | ~71.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Discord members
- Ember Sword
- 56.8kDown 0.8%
- The Sandbox
- 255.3kDown 0.3%
The Sandbox currently has about 4.5× as many Discord members as Ember Sword — 255,342 vs 56,770.
YouTube subscribers
- Ember Sword
- 12.5k
- The Sandbox
- 154k
The Sandbox currently has about 12× as many YouTube subscribers as Ember Sword — 154,000 vs 12,500.
Reddit members
- Ember Sword
- —
- The Sandbox
- 17.4k
The Sandbox currently has 17,417 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Ember Sword.
Twitch viewers
- Ember Sword
- —
- The Sandbox
- 0Down 100%
The Sandbox currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Ember Sword.
How these estimates are made
Ember Sword
Ember Sword is estimated to have 27 – 13k players a day. Around 12k – 1m 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 42 – 20k players a day. Around 23k – 2m 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.