Head to head

Guild Wars vs Milky Way Idle

Guild Wars

Live

Milky Way Idle

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2005 · 21 years ago

April 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

No population data

2k – 7k

Estimated players

28.5k0.5%

3.9k1.5%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guild WarsMilky Way Idle

Guild Wars

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~28.4k	Up 1.4%
August 2026	~28k	Up 5.0%
July 2026	~26.7k	—

Milky Way Idle

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~3.8k	Up 1.4%
August 2026	~3.8k	Up 1.1%
July 2026	~3.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

Guild Wars: 66.3kUp 1.7%
Milky Way Idle: 578Up 2.8%

Guild Wars currently has about 115× as many subreddit members as Milky Way Idle — 66,308 vs 578.

YouTube subscribers

Guild Wars: 219kUp 1.9%
Milky Way Idle: —

Guild Wars currently has 219,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Milky Way Idle.

Steam concurrent players

Guild Wars: —
Milky Way Idle: 853Down 0.9%

Milky Way Idle currently has 853 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Discord members

Guild Wars: —
Milky Way Idle: 10kUp 0.3%

Milky Way Idle currently has 9,996 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Twitch viewers

Guild Wars: —
Milky Way Idle: 0

Milky Way Idle currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

How these estimates are made

Guild Wars

Guild Wars is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 450 – 1k 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.

Milky Way Idle

Milky Way Idle is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 60k – 150k 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.