Head to head

EverQuest II vs Ilysia

EverQuest II

Live

610 – 2k daily

Ilysia

Live

8 – 26 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2004 · 22 years ago

October 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

610 – 2k

8 – 26

Estimated players

2k0.3%

3.2k6.9%

Available on

Windows

Platforms

Windows

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Perspectives

Virtual Reality

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

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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	—

Ilysia

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~3.1k	Up 7.2%
August 2026	~2.9k	Up 694%
July 2026	~363	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

EverQuest II: 220Up 12%
Ilysia: 6Up 500%

EverQuest II currently has about 37× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ilysia — 220 vs 6.

Reddit members

EverQuest II: 9.4kUp 0.8%
Ilysia: 722

EverQuest II currently has about 13× as many subreddit members as Ilysia — 9,402 vs 722.

Twitch viewers

EverQuest II: 9Down 57%
Ilysia: 0

EverQuest II currently has 9 live Twitch viewers, while Ilysia has 0.

YouTube subscribers

EverQuest II: 6.4k
Ilysia: 2.8k

EverQuest II currently has about 2.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Ilysia — 6,400 vs 2,780.

Discord members

EverQuest II: —
Ilysia: 9.3kDown 0.8%

Ilysia currently has 9,333 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for EverQuest II.

How these estimates are made

EverQuest II

EverQuest II is estimated to have 610 – 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.

Ilysia

Ilysia is estimated to have 8 – 26 players a day. Around 10k – 25k 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.