Head to head

Escape from Tarkov vs War Thunder

Escape from Tarkov

Released

~530k daily · 310k – 900k

Last measured Nov 6, 2026

War Thunder

Released

~1m daily · 600k – 1.7m

Last measured Nov 6, 2026

VerdictWar Thunder has about 89% more daily players than Escape from Tarkov (~1m vs ~530k, as of Nov 6, 2026). Their estimated ranges overlap, so the gap is uncertain.

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

November 2025 · 1 year ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Est. daily players

~530k310k – 900kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 6, 2026

~1m600k – 1.7mMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 6, 2026

Available on

Windows

Linux
macOS
PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Escape from TarkovWar Thunder

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Escape from Tarkov: 24.9k
War Thunder: 53.1k

War Thunder currently has about 2.1× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Escape from Tarkov — 53,085 vs 24,927.

Discord members

Escape from Tarkov: 555.9k
War Thunder: —

Escape from Tarkov currently has 555,852 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for War Thunder.

Reddit members

Escape from Tarkov: 1.2m
War Thunder: 569.4k

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 2× as many subreddit members as War Thunder — 1,158,560 vs 569,398.

Twitch viewers

Escape from Tarkov: 24.1k
War Thunder: 2.4k

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 10× as many live Twitch viewers as War Thunder — 24,150 vs 2,386.

YouTube subscribers

Escape from Tarkov: 773k
War Thunder: 1.9m

War Thunder currently has about 2.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Escape from Tarkov — 1,950,000 vs 773,000.

How these estimates are made

Escape from Tarkov

We estimate that about 530,000 people play Escape from Tarkov on a typical day (most likely between 310,000 and 900,000), based on data from Nov 6, 2026. Around 4,000,000 accounts (between 2,600,000 and 6,100,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

War Thunder

We estimate that about 1,000,000 people play War Thunder on a typical day (most likely between 600,000 and 1,700,000), based on data from Nov 6, 2026. Around 29,000,000 accounts (between 19,000,000 and 44,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate