Head to head

Eve Online vs The Elder Scrolls Online

Eve Online

Live

14k – 48k daily

The Elder Scrolls Online

Live

27k – 95k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

April 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

14k – 48k

27k – 95k

Estimated players

67.9k1.1%

90.6k1.5%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Stadia

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineThe Elder Scrolls Online

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~67.9k	Up 1.6%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

The Elder Scrolls Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~89.7k	Down 0.7%
August 2026	~90.3k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~89.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 3.6kDown 35%
The Elder Scrolls Online: 5.5kDown 54%

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 1.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Eve Online — 5,497 vs 3,634.

Discord members

Eve Online: 51.9kUp 1.7%
The Elder Scrolls Online: 63kUp 1.4%

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 1.2× as many Discord members as Eve Online — 63,001 vs 51,911.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 223.5kUp 0.6%
The Elder Scrolls Online: 507.5kUp 0.4%

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 2.3× as many subreddit members as Eve Online — 507,524 vs 223,462.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 454Down 94%
The Elder Scrolls Online: 593Down 43%

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 1.3× as many live Twitch viewers as Eve Online — 593 vs 454.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 232kUp 1.8%
The Elder Scrolls Online: —

Eve Online currently has 232,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for The Elder Scrolls Online.

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.

The Elder Scrolls Online

The Elder Scrolls Online is estimated to have 27k – 95k players a day. Around 2m – 5m 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.