Head to head

Eve Online vs Pirate101

Eve Online

Live

13k – 45k daily

Pirate101

Live

140 – 480 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

October 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

13k – 45k

140 – 480

Estimated players

66.1k1.4%

11.2k1.3%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlinePirate101

Eve Online

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

Pirate101

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~11.3k	Up 7.5%
July 2026	~10.5k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 3.8kDown 32%
Pirate101: 48Down 2.0%

Eve Online currently has about 78× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pirate101 — 3,767 vs 48.

Discord members

Eve Online: 50.2kUp 0.3%
Pirate101: 11kUp 1.1%

Eve Online currently has about 4.6× as many Discord members as Pirate101 — 50,247 vs 11,043.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 221.4kUp 0.1%
Pirate101: 10.5kUp 0.5%

Eve Online currently has about 21× as many subreddit members as Pirate101 — 221,411 vs 10,465.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 554Down 71%
Pirate101: 6Down 75%

Eve Online currently has about 92× as many live Twitch viewers as Pirate101 — 554 vs 6.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 227kUp 0.4%
Pirate101: 67.2kUp 0.1%

Eve Online currently has about 3.4× as many YouTube subscribers as Pirate101 — 227,000 vs 67,200.

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.

Pirate101

Pirate101 is estimated to have 140 – 480 players a day. Around 14k – 37k 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.