Head to head

Heat and Run vs War Thunder

Heat and Run

Live

War Thunder

Live

200k – 700k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2022 · 4 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

No population data

200k – 700k

Estimated players

500.4%

369.6k0.1%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Heat and RunWar Thunder

Heat and Run

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~48
September 2026	~48	Up 9.1%
August 2026	~44
July 2026	~44	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~367.9k	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~368.7k	Up 1.8%
August 2026	~362.3k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~360.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Heat and Run: 161
War Thunder: —

Heat and Run currently has 161 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for War Thunder.

Reddit members

Heat and Run: 13
War Thunder: 566kUp 0.7%

War Thunder currently has about 43536× as many subreddit members as Heat and Run — 565,962 vs 13.

Steam concurrent players

Heat and Run: —
War Thunder: 69.4kDown 21%

War Thunder currently has 69,423 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Heat and Run.

Twitch viewers

Heat and Run: —
War Thunder: 1.1kDown 58%

War Thunder currently has 1,055 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Heat and Run.

YouTube subscribers

Heat and Run: —
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has 1,940,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Heat and Run.

How these estimates are made

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.

War Thunder

War Thunder is estimated to have 200k – 700k players a day. Around 8m – 21m 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.