Head to head

Heroes of Newerth vs Ultima Online

Heroes of Newerth

Live

76 – 35k daily

Ultima Online

Live

41 – 19k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2010 · 16 years ago

September 1997 · 29 years ago

Daily players

76 – 35k

41 – 19k

Estimated players

19.4k

2.2k0.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Heroes of NewerthUltima Online

Heroes of Newerth

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

Ultima Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2.2k	Up 16%
July 2026	~1.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

Heroes of Newerth: 19.5kUp 0.5%
Ultima Online: 18.1kUp 1.0%

Heroes of Newerth and Ultima Online are nearly even on subreddit members — 19,475 vs 18,055.

Twitch viewers

Heroes of Newerth: 0Down 100%
Ultima Online: 49Down 76%

Heroes of Newerth currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Ultima Online has 49.

YouTube subscribers

Heroes of Newerth: 175k
Ultima Online: 3.7kUp 1.1%

Heroes of Newerth currently has about 47× as many YouTube subscribers as Ultima Online — 175,000 vs 3,710.

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.

Ultima Online

Ultima Online is estimated to have 41 – 19k players a day. Around 17k – 2m 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.