Head to head

Heroes of Newerth vs PlanetSide 2

Heroes of Newerth

Live

76 – 35k daily

PlanetSide 2

Live

2k – 5k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2010 · 16 years ago

November 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

76 – 35k

2k – 5k

Estimated players

19.4k

26.8k0.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Heroes of NewerthPlanetSide 2

Heroes of Newerth

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~19.4k
August 2026	~19.4k
July 2026	~19.4k	—

PlanetSide 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~26.7k	Down 0.2%
August 2026	~26.7k	Up 12%
July 2026	~23.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

Heroes of Newerth: 19.5kUp 0.6%
PlanetSide 2: 91.5kUp 0.2%

PlanetSide 2 currently has about 4.7× as many subreddit members as Heroes of Newerth — 91,531 vs 19,500.

Twitch viewers

Heroes of Newerth: 1
PlanetSide 2: 24Down 20%

PlanetSide 2 currently has about 24× as many live Twitch viewers as Heroes of Newerth — 24 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Heroes of Newerth: 175k
PlanetSide 2: 98.4kDown 0.1%

Heroes of Newerth currently has about 1.8× as many YouTube subscribers as PlanetSide 2 — 175,000 vs 98,400.

Steam concurrent players

Heroes of Newerth: —
PlanetSide 2: 281Down 42%

PlanetSide 2 currently has 281 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of Newerth.

How these estimates are made

Heroes of Newerth

Heroes of Newerth is estimated to have 76 – 35k players a day. Around 33k – 3m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

PlanetSide 2

PlanetSide 2 is estimated to have 2k – 5k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.