Head to head

Eve Online vs Merchant Kingdom

Eve Online

Live

14k – 48k daily

Merchant Kingdom

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

October 2010 · 16 years ago

Daily players

14k – 48k

No population data

Estimated players

70k2.0%

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Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

iOS
Android

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineMerchant Kingdom

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	—

Merchant Kingdom

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	—	—
September 2026	—	—
August 2026	—	—
July 2026	—	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 5.7kUp 22%
Merchant Kingdom: —

Eve Online currently has 5,739 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Merchant Kingdom.

Discord members

Eve Online: 52.5kUp 1.3%
Merchant Kingdom: —

Eve Online currently has 52,490 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Merchant Kingdom.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 224.4kUp 0.5%
Merchant Kingdom: —

Eve Online currently has 224,394 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Merchant Kingdom.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 1.3kDown 40%
Merchant Kingdom: —

Eve Online currently has 1,269 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Merchant Kingdom.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 236kUp 1.7%
Merchant Kingdom: —

Eve Online currently has 236,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Merchant Kingdom.

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.