Head to head

Eve Online vs The Cycle: Frontier

Eve Online

Live

14k – 49k daily

The Cycle: Frontier

Live

5 – 18 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

June 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

14k – 49k

5 – 18

Estimated players

68.2k2.8%

37.1k3.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineThe Cycle: Frontier

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~68.3k	Up 2.2%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

The Cycle: Frontier

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~36.8k	Down 0.5%
August 2026	~37k
July 2026	~37k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 5kDown 3.9%
The Cycle: Frontier: 1Down 50%

Eve Online currently has about 4951× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Cycle: Frontier — 4,951 vs 1.

Discord members

Eve Online: 51.5kUp 2.5%
The Cycle: Frontier: 106.5kDown 0.7%

The Cycle: Frontier currently has about 2.1× as many Discord members as Eve Online — 106,479 vs 51,501.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 222.9kUp 0.7%
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.7k

Eve Online currently has about 13× as many subreddit members as The Cycle: Frontier — 222,857 vs 17,673.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 1.1kDown 19%
The Cycle: Frontier: 118Down 67%

Eve Online currently has about 9.1× as many live Twitch viewers as The Cycle: Frontier — 1,074 vs 118.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 230kUp 1.3%
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.3k

Eve Online currently has about 13× as many YouTube subscribers as The Cycle: Frontier — 230,000 vs 17,300.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 14k – 49k 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.

The Cycle: Frontier

The Cycle: Frontier is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 720k – 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.