Head to head

EverQuest II vs The Isle

EverQuest II

Live

640 – 2k daily

The Isle

Live

48k – 170k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2004 · 22 years ago

December 2015 · 11 years ago

Daily players

640 – 2k

48k – 170k

Estimated players

2k0.4%

39.6k2.5%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

EverQuest IIThe Isle

EverQuest II

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2k
July 2026	~2k	—

The Isle

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~38.9k	Up 2.2%
July 2026	~38.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

EverQuest II: 263Down 4.7%
The Isle: 20.2kUp 8.2%

The Isle currently has about 77× as many peak concurrent Steam players as EverQuest II — 20,185 vs 263.

Reddit members

EverQuest II: 9.3kUp 0.2%
The Isle: 82.4kUp 0.5%

The Isle currently has about 8.9× as many subreddit members as EverQuest II — 82,418 vs 9,285.

Twitch viewers

EverQuest II: 52Up 6.1%
The Isle: 2.5kUp 21%

The Isle currently has about 48× as many live Twitch viewers as EverQuest II — 2,487 vs 52.

YouTube subscribers

EverQuest II: 6.4kUp 0.2%
The Isle: 95.4kUp 0.1%

The Isle currently has about 15× as many YouTube subscribers as EverQuest II — 95,400 vs 6,400.

How these estimates are made

EverQuest II

EverQuest II is estimated to have 640 – 2k players a day. Around 70k – 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.

The Isle

The Isle is estimated to have 48k – 170k players a day. Around 2m – 4m 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.