Head to head

Heliborne vs War Thunder

Heliborne

Live

28 – 97 daily

War Thunder

Live

200k – 700k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2017 · 9 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

28 – 97

200k – 700k

Estimated players

4090.5%

370.9k1.2%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

HeliborneWar Thunder

Heliborne

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~411	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~412	Up 0.2%
August 2026	~411	Up 19%
July 2026	~345	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~368.7k
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.

Steam concurrent players

Heliborne: 11Down 50%
War Thunder: 79.4kUp 9.6%

War Thunder currently has about 7219× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Heliborne — 79,408 vs 11.

Twitch viewers

Heliborne: 2
War Thunder: 1.4kDown 42%

War Thunder currently has about 710× as many live Twitch viewers as Heliborne — 1,420 vs 2.

Reddit members

Heliborne: —
War Thunder: 567.2kUp 0.7%

War Thunder currently has 567,168 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Heliborne.

YouTube subscribers

Heliborne: —
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has 1,950,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Heliborne.

How these estimates are made

Heliborne

Heliborne is estimated to have 28 – 97 players a day. Around 92k – 240k 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.