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
- macOS
- Browser
- Windows
- macOS
- Windows
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Ember Sword
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~13.9k | Up 7.3% |
| July 2026 | ~13k | Down 2.0% |
| June 2026 | ~13.2k | Down 0.9% |
| May 2026 | ~13.4k | — |
The Sandbox
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~70.1k | Up 3930% |
| July 2026 | ~1.7k | |
| June 2026 | ~1.7k | |
| May 2026 | ~1.7k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Discord members
- Ember Sword
- 55.8kDown 4.0%
- The Sandbox
- —
Ember Sword currently has 55,834 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Sandbox.
Reddit members
- Ember Sword
- —
- The Sandbox
- 17.4kUp 0.1%
The Sandbox currently has 17,422 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Ember Sword.
How these estimates are made
Ember Sword
Ember Sword is estimated to have 32 – 15k players a day. Around 13k – 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 51 – 24k players a day. Around 26k – 3m 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.


