Head to head

Guardians of Ember vs The Sandbox

Guardians of Ember

Live

The Sandbox

Live

80 – 37k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2016 · 10 years ago

November 2021 · 5 years ago

Daily players

No population data

80 – 37k

Estimated players

—

72.1k0.6%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guardians of EmberThe Sandbox

Guardians of Ember

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

The Sandbox

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~71.8k	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~71.5k	Down 0.1%
July 2026	~71.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Guardians of Ember: —
The Sandbox: 256.2kDown 0.3%

The Sandbox currently has 256,159 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Ember.

Reddit members

Guardians of Ember: —
The Sandbox: 17.4k

The Sandbox currently has 17,412 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Ember.

Twitch viewers

Guardians of Ember: —
The Sandbox: 0

The Sandbox currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Ember.

YouTube subscribers

Guardians of Ember: —
The Sandbox: 154kDown 0.6%

The Sandbox currently has 154,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Ember.

How these estimates are made

Guardians of Ember

Not enough data collected to estimate this game yet.

The Sandbox

The Sandbox is estimated to have 80 – 37k players a day. Around 30k – 3m 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.