Head to head

Eve Online vs Royal Quest Online

Eve Online

Live

13k – 46k daily

Royal Quest Online

Live

2k – 6k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

December 2024 · 2 years ago

Daily players

13k – 46k

2k – 6k

Estimated players

69k2.3%

4.1k4.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineRoyal Quest Online

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~68.5k	Up 2.5%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Royal Quest Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~3.9k	Up 2.3%
August 2026	~3.9k	Up 23%
July 2026	~3.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 3.7kDown 24%
Royal Quest Online: 644Up 23%

Eve Online currently has about 5.8× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Royal Quest Online — 3,709 vs 644.

Discord members

Eve Online: 51.2kUp 2.1%
Royal Quest Online: 12.8kUp 0.3%

Eve Online currently has about 4× as many Discord members as Royal Quest Online — 51,172 vs 12,757.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 222.4kUp 0.7%
Royal Quest Online: —

Eve Online currently has 222,441 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Royal Quest Online.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 1.1kDown 35%
Royal Quest Online: 0Down 100%

Eve Online currently has 1,072 live Twitch viewers, while Royal Quest Online has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 229kUp 1.8%
Royal Quest Online: —

Eve Online currently has 229,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Royal Quest Online.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 13k – 46k 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.

Royal Quest Online

Royal Quest Online is estimated to have 2k – 6k players a day. Around 110k – 280k 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.