Head to head

Heavy Metal Machines vs War Thunder

Heavy Metal Machines

Live

War Thunder

Live

180k – 640k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2018 · 8 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

No population data

180k – 640k

Estimated players

417

364.2k0.5%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Heavy Metal MachinesWar Thunder

Heavy Metal Machines

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~418
August 2026	~418
July 2026	~418	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~367.7k	Up 1.5%
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.

Steam concurrent players

Heavy Metal Machines: 1
War Thunder: 31kDown 57%

War Thunder currently has about 30980× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Heavy Metal Machines — 30,980 vs 1.

Reddit members

Heavy Metal Machines: 222Up 0.5%
War Thunder: 562.6kUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 2534× as many subreddit members as Heavy Metal Machines — 562,620 vs 222.

Twitch viewers

Heavy Metal Machines: —
War Thunder: 933Down 52%

War Thunder currently has 933 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Heavy Metal Machines.

YouTube subscribers

Heavy Metal Machines: —
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has 1,930,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Heavy Metal Machines.

How these estimates are made

Heavy Metal Machines

Heavy Metal Machines is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 90k – 230k 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 180k – 640k 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.