Head to head

EverQuest vs EverQuest II

EverQuest

Live

590 – 2k daily

EverQuest II

Live

580 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 1999 · 28 years ago

November 2004 · 22 years ago

Daily players

590 – 2k

580 – 2k

Estimated players

8.8k0.8%

2k1.5%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

EverQuestEverQuest II

EverQuest

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~8.9k	Down 2.3%
August 2026	~9.1k	Down 1.1%
July 2026	~9.2k	—

EverQuest II

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~2k	Up 0.6%
August 2026	~2k	Down 0.3%
July 2026	~2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

EverQuest: 218Down 13%
EverQuest II: 206Up 24%

EverQuest and EverQuest II are nearly even on peak concurrent Steam players — 218 vs 206.

Discord members

EverQuest: 17.2kUp 0.8%
EverQuest II: —

EverQuest currently has 17,167 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for EverQuest II.

Reddit members

EverQuest: 31.7kUp 0.4%
EverQuest II: 9.4kUp 0.8%

EverQuest currently has about 3.4× as many subreddit members as EverQuest II — 31,689 vs 9,387.

Twitch viewers

EverQuest: 65Down 24%
EverQuest II: 18Down 10%

EverQuest currently has about 3.6× as many live Twitch viewers as EverQuest II — 65 vs 18.

YouTube subscribers

EverQuest: —
EverQuest II: 6.4k

EverQuest II currently has 6,400 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for EverQuest.

How these estimates are made

EverQuest

EverQuest is estimated to have 590 – 2k players a day. Around 66k – 170k 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.

EverQuest II

EverQuest II is estimated to have 580 – 2k players a day. Around 71k – 180k 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.