Head to head

Eve Online vs Karos Classic

Eve Online

Live

14k – 48k daily

Karos Classic

Live

40 – 140 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

14k – 48k

40 – 140

Estimated players

70k2.0%

1.9k6.0%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineKaros Classic

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~69k	Up 1.5%
September 2026	~67.9k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Karos Classic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.8k	Up 0.9%
September 2026	~1.8k	Up 1.1%
August 2026	~1.8k
July 2026	~1.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 5.6kUp 19%
Karos Classic: 16Up 6.7%

Eve Online currently has about 350× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Karos Classic — 5,593 vs 16.

Discord members

Eve Online: 52.5kUp 1.3%
Karos Classic: 7.2k

Eve Online currently has about 7.3× as many Discord members as Karos Classic — 52,491 vs 7,155.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 224.4kUp 0.5%
Karos Classic: —

Eve Online currently has 224,392 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Karos Classic.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 1.2kDown 46%
Karos Classic: —

Eve Online currently has 1,152 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Karos Classic.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 236kUp 1.7%
Karos Classic: 2.2k

Eve Online currently has about 105× as many YouTube subscribers as Karos Classic — 236,000 vs 2,240.

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.

Karos Classic

Karos Classic is estimated to have 40 – 140 players a day. Around 5k – 12k 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.