Head to head

Eve Online vs Hired Ops

Eve Online

Live

14k – 49k daily

Hired Ops

Live

270 – 940 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

October 2016 · 10 years ago

Daily players

14k – 49k

270 – 940

Estimated players

68.9k3.1%

2k0.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineHired Ops

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Hired Ops

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2k	Up 17%
July 2026	~1.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 5.6kUp 21%
Hired Ops: 54Down 36%

Eve Online currently has about 104× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Hired Ops — 5,591 vs 54.

Discord members

Eve Online: 51kUp 2.2%
Hired Ops: —

Eve Online currently has 51,019 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Hired Ops.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 222.2kUp 0.7%
Hired Ops: —

Eve Online currently has 222,185 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Hired Ops.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 1.1kDown 56%
Hired Ops: 0Down 100%

Eve Online currently has 1,089 live Twitch viewers, while Hired Ops has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 228kUp 1.8%
Hired Ops: 3kDown 0.3%

Eve Online currently has about 77× as many YouTube subscribers as Hired Ops — 228,000 vs 2,970.

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.

Hired Ops

Hired Ops is estimated to have 270 – 940 players a day. Around 300k – 770k 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.