Head to head

Guild Wars 2 vs The Lord of the Rings Online

Guild Wars 2

Live

16k – 55k daily

The Lord of the Rings Online

Live

3k – 12k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2012 · 14 years ago

April 2007 · 19 years ago

Daily players

16k – 55k

3k – 12k

Estimated players

86k0.4%

20.6k2.9%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guild Wars 2The Lord of the Rings Online

Guild Wars 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~86.5k	Up 1.1%
August 2026	~85.5k	Up 14%
July 2026	~75.2k	—

The Lord of the Rings Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~21.2k	Up 1.0%
August 2026	~21k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~20.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Guild Wars 2: 3.9kDown 27%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 802Down 43%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 4.9× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Lord of the Rings Online — 3,918 vs 802.

Discord members

Guild Wars 2: 47.7kDown 0.2%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 23.8kUp 1.2%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 2× as many Discord members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 47,717 vs 23,807.

Reddit members

Guild Wars 2: 428kUp 0.5%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 87.3kUp 1.1%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 4.9× as many subreddit members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 427,966 vs 87,339.

Twitch viewers

Guild Wars 2: 5kUp 319%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 61Down 89%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 81× as many live Twitch viewers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 4,964 vs 61.

YouTube subscribers

Guild Wars 2: 219kUp 1.9%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 24.9k

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 8.8× as many YouTube subscribers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 219,000 vs 24,900.

How these estimates are made

Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is estimated to have 16k – 55k 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.