Head to head

Eve Online vs Sea of Thieves

Eve Online

Live

12k – 43k daily

Sea of Thieves

Live

10k – 36k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

March 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

12k – 43k

10k – 36k

Estimated players

69k1.9%

293.9k6.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineSea of Thieves

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~68.8k	Up 1.2%
September 2026	~67.9k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Sea of Thieves

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~298.8k	Up 0.1%
September 2026	~298.4k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~299.6k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~300.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 4.6kDown 16%
Sea of Thieves: 3.9kDown 73%

Eve Online currently has about 1.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Sea of Thieves — 4,602 vs 3,867.

Discord members

Eve Online: 52.4kUp 1.4%
Sea of Thieves: 443.7k

Sea of Thieves currently has about 8.5× as many Discord members as Eve Online — 443,693 vs 52,440.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 224.2kUp 0.5%
Sea of Thieves: 615.3kUp 0.2%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 2.7× as many subreddit members as Eve Online — 615,311 vs 224,241.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 2.1kUp 101%
Sea of Thieves: 2.6kDown 62%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 1.2× as many live Twitch viewers as Eve Online — 2,580 vs 2,069.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 235kUp 1.7%
Sea of Thieves: 675k

Sea of Thieves currently has about 2.9× as many YouTube subscribers as Eve Online — 675,000 vs 235,000.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 12k – 43k 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.

Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is estimated to have 10k – 36k players a day. Around 4m – 11m 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.