Head to head

Eve Online vs Heroes of the Dark

Eve Online

Live

13k – 45k daily

Heroes of the Dark

Live

75 – 260 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

April 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

13k – 45k

75 – 260

Estimated players

66.1k1.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineHeroes of the Dark

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~66.6k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Heroes of the Dark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~47	Up 21%
July 2026	~39	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 4.2kDown 24%
Heroes of the Dark: 26Down 16%

Eve Online currently has about 160× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Heroes of the Dark — 4,167 vs 26.

Discord members

Eve Online: 50.2kUp 0.3%
Heroes of the Dark: —

Eve Online currently has 50,247 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of the Dark.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 221.4kUp 0.1%
Heroes of the Dark: —

Eve Online currently has 221,421 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of the Dark.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 582Down 70%
Heroes of the Dark: —

Eve Online currently has 582 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of the Dark.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 227kUp 0.4%
Heroes of the Dark: —

Eve Online currently has 227,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of the Dark.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 13k – 45k 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.

Heroes of the Dark

Heroes of the Dark is estimated to have 75 – 260 players a day. Around 11k – 28k 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.