Head to head

Eve Online vs SWmud

Eve Online

Live

14k – 48k daily

SWmud

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

September 1993 · 33 years ago

Daily players

14k – 48k

No population data

Estimated players

67.2k1.5%

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Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineSWmud

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~68k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

SWmud

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
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: 4kDown 24%
SWmud: —

Eve Online currently has 3,985 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for SWmud.

Discord members

Eve Online: 51.8kUp 2.7%
SWmud: —

Eve Online currently has 51,752 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for SWmud.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 223.1kUp 0.6%
SWmud: —

Eve Online currently has 223,140 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for SWmud.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 815Down 31%
SWmud: —

Eve Online currently has 815 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for SWmud.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 231kUp 1.3%
SWmud: —

Eve Online currently has 231,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for SWmud.

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.