Head to head

DarkOrbit: Reloaded vs Heat and Run

DarkOrbit: Reloaded

Live

250 – 880 daily

Heat and Run

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2006 · 20 years ago

October 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

250 – 880

No population data

Estimated players

23.2k3.7%

511.2%

Available on

Windows
Browser

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DarkOrbit: ReloadedHeat and Run

DarkOrbit: Reloaded

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~23.4k	Up 0.4%
October 2026	~23.3k	Up 0.7%
September 2026	~23.1k	Up 0.2%
August 2026	~23k	Up 1.1%
July 2026	~22.8k	—

Heat and Run

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~51	Up 2.0%
October 2026	~50	Up 4.2%
September 2026	~48	Up 9.1%
August 2026	~44
July 2026	~44	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DarkOrbit: Reloaded: 62Down 42%
Heat and Run: —

DarkOrbit: Reloaded currently has 62 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Heat and Run.

Discord members

DarkOrbit: Reloaded: 102.4kDown 2.2%
Heat and Run: 158Down 1.9%

DarkOrbit: Reloaded currently has about 648× as many Discord members as Heat and Run — 102,365 vs 158.

Reddit members

DarkOrbit: Reloaded: 3.1kUp 2.4%
Heat and Run: 13

DarkOrbit: Reloaded currently has about 241× as many subreddit members as Heat and Run — 3,139 vs 13.

Twitch viewers

DarkOrbit: Reloaded: 0Down 100%
Heat and Run: —

DarkOrbit: Reloaded currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Heat and Run.

How these estimates are made

DarkOrbit: Reloaded

DarkOrbit: Reloaded is estimated to have 250 – 880 players a day. Around 16k – 42k 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.

Heat and Run

Heat and Run is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 1k – 4k 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.