Head to head

Eve Online vs Phobos

Eve Online

Live

13k – 45k daily

Phobos

Live

3 – 9 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

November 2020 · 6 years ago

Daily players

13k – 45k

3 – 9

Estimated players

69.9k2.2%

3112.0%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlinePhobos

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~68.9k	Up 1.4%
September 2026	~67.9k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Phobos

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~309	Down 1.9%
September 2026	~315	Down 0.3%
August 2026	~316	Down 0.6%
July 2026	~318	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 4kDown 16%
Phobos: 1Down 50%

Eve Online currently has about 4004× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Phobos — 4,004 vs 1.

Discord members

Eve Online: 52.5kUp 1.3%
Phobos: 1.2kDown 0.7%

Eve Online currently has about 45× as many Discord members as Phobos — 52,491 vs 1,170.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 224.4kUp 0.5%
Phobos: —

Eve Online currently has 224,353 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Phobos.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 1.3kDown 70%
Phobos: 0

Eve Online currently has 1,302 live Twitch viewers, while Phobos has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 236kUp 1.7%
Phobos: 129

Eve Online currently has about 1829× as many YouTube subscribers as Phobos — 236,000 vs 129.

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.

Phobos

Phobos is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 7k – 18k 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.