Head to head

Eve Online vs Guild Wars

Eve Online

Live

14k – 49k daily

Guild Wars

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

April 2005 · 22 years ago

Daily players

14k – 49k

No population data

Estimated players

71.2k1.7%

28.6k

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineGuild Wars

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~70.3k	Up 1.6%
October 2026	~69.2k	Up 1.9%
September 2026	~67.9k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Guild Wars

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~28.6k
October 2026	~28.6k	Up 0.4%
September 2026	~28.5k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~28k	Up 5.0%
July 2026	~26.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 5.5kUp 10%
Guild Wars: —

Eve Online currently has 5,530 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Discord members

Eve Online: 52.3kUp 0.5%
Guild Wars: —

Eve Online currently has 52,286 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 224.6kUp 0.4%
Guild Wars: 67.5kUp 0.9%

Eve Online currently has about 3.3× as many subreddit members as Guild Wars — 224,589 vs 67,464.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 1.3kDown 52%
Guild Wars: —

Eve Online currently has 1,283 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 237kUp 1.7%
Guild Wars: 219k

Eve Online and Guild Wars are nearly even on YouTube subscribers — 237,000 vs 219,000.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 14k – 49k players a day. Around 640k – 2m 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.

Guild Wars

Guild Wars is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 450 – 1k 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.