Head to head

Eve Online vs Heat

Eve Online

Live

14k – 48k daily

Heat

Live

15 – 53 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

January 2019 · 8 years ago

Daily players

14k – 48k

15 – 53

Estimated players

69k1.5%

3230.5%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineHeat

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~68.3k	Up 2.3%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Heat

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~322	Down 0.3%
August 2026	~323	Up 18%
July 2026	~274	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 5.6kUp 17%
Heat: 3Down 40%

Eve Online currently has about 1862× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Heat — 5,585 vs 3.

Discord members

Eve Online: 51.5kUp 2.5%
Heat: —

Eve Online currently has 51,470 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Heat.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 222.8kUp 0.7%
Heat: —

Eve Online currently has 222,803 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Heat.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 6.1kUp 353%
Heat: 0

Eve Online currently has 6,056 live Twitch viewers, while Heat has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 230kUp 1.3%
Heat: 270

Eve Online currently has about 852× as many YouTube subscribers as Heat — 230,000 vs 270.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 14k – 48k 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.

Heat

Heat is estimated to have 15 – 53 players a day. Around 70k – 180k 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.