Head to head

Guild Wars 2 vs Nova Empire

Guild Wars 2

Live

11k – 39k daily

Nova Empire

Live

110 – 400 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2012 · 14 years ago

May 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

11k – 39k

110 – 400

Estimated players

86.4k0.4%

534.5%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guild Wars 2Nova Empire

Guild Wars 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~86.4k	Up 0.2%
September 2026	~86.2k	Up 0.9%
August 2026	~85.5k	Up 14%
July 2026	~75.2k	—

Nova Empire

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~55	Down 3.5%
September 2026	~57	Up 3.6%
August 2026	~55	Down 1.8%
July 2026	~56	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Guild Wars 2: 4.1kDown 22%
Nova Empire: 48Up 2.1%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 86× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Nova Empire — 4,106 vs 48.

Discord members

Guild Wars 2: 47.4kDown 0.4%
Nova Empire: —

Guild Wars 2 currently has 47,446 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Nova Empire.

Reddit members

Guild Wars 2: 430.2kUp 0.4%
Nova Empire: —

Guild Wars 2 currently has 430,206 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Nova Empire.

Twitch viewers

Guild Wars 2: 2.1kDown 32%
Nova Empire: 0

Guild Wars 2 currently has 2,074 live Twitch viewers, while Nova Empire has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Guild Wars 2: 219k
Nova Empire: —

Guild Wars 2 currently has 219,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Nova Empire.

How these estimates are made

Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is estimated to have 11k – 39k players a day. Around 510k – 1m 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.

Nova Empire

Nova Empire is estimated to have 110 – 400 players a day. Around 10k – 26k 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.