Head to head

Guardians of Middle-earth vs The Cycle: Frontier

Guardians of Middle-earth

Live

5 – 18 daily

The Cycle: Frontier

Live

8 – 26 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2012 · 14 years ago

June 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

5 – 18

8 – 26

Estimated players

1420.4%

37.1k3.6%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guardians of Middle-earthThe Cycle: Frontier

Guardians of Middle-earth

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~143	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~142	—

The Cycle: Frontier

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~37k	Up 0.1%
July 2026	~37k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Guardians of Middle-earth: 1Down 50%
The Cycle: Frontier: 3Up 200%

The Cycle: Frontier currently has about 3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Guardians of Middle-earth — 3 vs 1.

Discord members

Guardians of Middle-earth: —
The Cycle: Frontier: 107kDown 0.5%

The Cycle: Frontier currently has 106,990 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

Reddit members

Guardians of Middle-earth: —
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.7k

The Cycle: Frontier currently has 17,670 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

Twitch viewers

Guardians of Middle-earth: —
The Cycle: Frontier: 660Up 23%

The Cycle: Frontier currently has 660 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

YouTube subscribers

Guardians of Middle-earth: —
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.3k

The Cycle: Frontier currently has 17,300 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

How these estimates are made

Guardians of Middle-earth

Guardians of Middle-earth is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 38k – 97k 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 Cycle: Frontier

The Cycle: Frontier is estimated to have 8 – 26 players a day. Around 720k – 2m 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.