Head to head

Escape from Tarkov vs War Thunder

Escape from Tarkov

Live

80k – 280k daily

War Thunder

Live

200k – 690k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2025 · 10 months ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

80k – 280k

200k – 690k

Estimated players

377.1k

368.3k1.1%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Escape from TarkovWar Thunder

Escape from Tarkov

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~389k	Down 4.2%
August 2026	~406k	Up 5.9%
July 2026	~383.3k	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~367.7k	Up 1.5%
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

Escape from Tarkov: 15.8kDown 61%
War Thunder: 39.5kDown 39%

War Thunder currently has about 2.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Escape from Tarkov — 39,453 vs 15,844.

Discord members

Escape from Tarkov: 558.6kUp 0.8%
War Thunder: —

Escape from Tarkov currently has 558,604 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for War Thunder.

Reddit members

Escape from Tarkov: 1.2mUp 0.3%
War Thunder: 563.5kUp 0.5%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 2× as many subreddit members as War Thunder — 1,154,121 vs 563,474.

Twitch viewers

Escape from Tarkov: 6.5kDown 91%
War Thunder: 977Down 57%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 6.6× as many live Twitch viewers as War Thunder — 6,481 vs 977.

YouTube subscribers

Escape from Tarkov: 771kUp 0.1%
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 1.0%

War Thunder currently has about 2.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Escape from Tarkov — 1,940,000 vs 771,000.

How these estimates are made

Escape from Tarkov

Escape from Tarkov is estimated to have 80k – 280k players a day. Around 970k – 3m 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 200k – 690k 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.