Head to head

EverQuest vs Heavy Metal Machines

EverQuest

Live

450 – 2k daily

Heavy Metal Machines

Live

3 – 9 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 1999 · 28 years ago

September 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

450 – 2k

3 – 9

Estimated players

9k2.3%

4180.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

EverQuestHeavy Metal Machines

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	—

Heavy Metal Machines

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~418
August 2026	~418
July 2026	~418	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

EverQuest: 235Down 15%
Heavy Metal Machines: 0Down 100%

EverQuest currently has 235 peak concurrent Steam players, while Heavy Metal Machines has 0.

Discord members

EverQuest: 17.2kUp 0.8%
Heavy Metal Machines: —

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

Reddit members

EverQuest: 31.7kUp 0.4%
Heavy Metal Machines: 222

EverQuest currently has about 143× as many subreddit members as Heavy Metal Machines — 31,683 vs 222.

Twitch viewers

EverQuest: 53Down 40%
Heavy Metal Machines: —

EverQuest currently has 53 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Heavy Metal Machines.

How these estimates are made

EverQuest

EverQuest is estimated to have 450 – 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.

Heavy Metal Machines

Heavy Metal Machines is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 90k – 230k 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.