Head to head

Eve Online vs The Secret World

Eve Online

Live

13k – 47k daily

The Secret World

Live

130 – 450 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

13k – 47k

130 – 450

Estimated players

69.9k2.9%

19.8k0.5%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineThe Secret World

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	—

The Secret World

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~19.8k	Up 0.3%
September 2026	~19.7k
August 2026	~19.7k	Up 1.5%
July 2026	~19.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 5.2kUp 4.6%
The Secret World: 38Down 16%

Eve Online currently has about 136× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Secret World — 5,180 vs 38.

Discord members

Eve Online: 52.3kUp 1.6%
The Secret World: —

Eve Online currently has 52,283 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Secret World.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 224kUp 0.5%
The Secret World: 7.7kUp 0.1%

Eve Online currently has about 29× as many subreddit members as The Secret World — 224,039 vs 7,673.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 1.8kUp 70%
The Secret World: 0Down 100%

Eve Online currently has 1,828 live Twitch viewers, while The Secret World has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 235kUp 2.2%
The Secret World: 181kUp 0.6%

Eve Online currently has about 1.3× as many YouTube subscribers as The Secret World — 235,000 vs 181,000.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 13k – 47k 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 Secret World

The Secret World is estimated to have 130 – 450 players a day. Around 190k – 480k 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.