Head to head
FreeSO vs Star Citizen
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- Linux
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
FreeSO
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~2.4k | Down 1.1% |
| August 2026 | ~2.4k | Down 0.1% |
| July 2026 | ~2.4k | — |
Star Citizen
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~165.2k | Up 0.9% |
| 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.
Discord members
- FreeSO
- 9.5kDown 0.2%
- Star Citizen
- 162.4k
Star Citizen currently has about 17× as many Discord members as FreeSO — 162,377 vs 9,524.
Reddit members
- FreeSO
- 513
- Star Citizen
- 529.3kUp 0.9%
Star Citizen currently has about 1032× as many subreddit members as FreeSO — 529,269 vs 513.
Twitch viewers
- FreeSO
- —
- Star Citizen
- 5.1kUp 17%
Star Citizen currently has 5,058 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for FreeSO.
YouTube subscribers
- FreeSO
- —
- Star Citizen
- 575kUp 0.2%
Star Citizen currently has 575,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for FreeSO.
How these estimates are made
FreeSO
FreeSO is estimated to have 6 – 3k players a day. Around 4k – 440k 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 370 – 170k players a day. Around 82k – 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.