Head to head

Guild Wars 2 vs Shadow War

Guild Wars 2

Live

12k – 43k daily

Shadow War

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2012 · 14 years ago

January 2012 · 15 years ago

Daily players

12k – 43k

No population data

Estimated players

85.5k1.6%

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Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guild Wars 2Shadow War

Guild Wars 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~85k	Down 1.5%
September 2026	~86.2k	Up 0.9%
August 2026	~85.5k	Up 14%
July 2026	~75.2k	—

Shadow War

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

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Guild Wars 2: 5kDown 8.8%
Shadow War: —

Guild Wars 2 currently has 5,006 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow War.

Discord members

Guild Wars 2: 47.6kDown 0.4%
Shadow War: —

Guild Wars 2 currently has 47,615 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow War.

Reddit members

Guild Wars 2: 428.6kUp 0.4%
Shadow War: —

Guild Wars 2 currently has 428,639 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow War.

Twitch viewers

Guild Wars 2: 1.2kDown 1.4%
Shadow War: —

Guild Wars 2 currently has 1,159 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow War.

YouTube subscribers

Guild Wars 2: 219kUp 0.9%
Shadow War: —

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

How these estimates are made

Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is estimated to have 12k – 43k players a day. Around 500k – 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.