Head to head

Free Realms vs Star Citizen

Free Realms

Live

21 – 10k daily

Star Citizen

Live

380 – 180k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2009 · 17 years ago

August 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

21 – 10k

380 – 180k

Estimated players

5250.9%

168.3k6.0%

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Free RealmsStar Citizen

Free Realms

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~521	Up 1.8%
September 2026	~512	Up 2.6%
August 2026	~499	Up 21%
July 2026	~412	—

Star Citizen

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~164.2k	Up 0.5%
September 2026	~163.4k	Down 0.2%
August 2026	~163.7k	Down 0.6%
July 2026	~164.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

Free Realms: 5.2kUp 2.4%
Star Citizen: 533.4kUp 0.6%

Star Citizen currently has about 102× as many subreddit members as Free Realms — 533,379 vs 5,249.

Twitch viewers

Free Realms: 0
Star Citizen: 4.4kUp 70%

Free Realms currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Star Citizen has 4,440.

Discord members

Free Realms: —
Star Citizen: 162.1kDown 0.1%

Star Citizen currently has 162,147 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Free Realms.

YouTube subscribers

Free Realms: —
Star Citizen: 576kUp 0.2%

Star Citizen currently has 576,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Free Realms.

How these estimates are made

Free Realms

Free Realms is estimated to have 21 – 10k players a day. Around 14k – 1m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

Star Citizen

Star Citizen is estimated to have 380 – 180k players a day. Around 83k – 8m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.