Head to head
ImperiumAO vs Star Citizen
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Windows
- Linux
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
ImperiumAO
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~3.7k | Down 2.9% |
| August 2026 | ~3.8k | Down 1.3% |
| July 2026 | ~3.8k | — |
Star Citizen
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~164.5k | Up 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~163.7k | Down 0.6% |
| July 2026 | ~164.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Discord members
- ImperiumAO
- 14.4kDown 0.5%
- Star Citizen
- 162.4k
Star Citizen currently has about 11× as many Discord members as ImperiumAO — 162,377 vs 14,448.
Twitch viewers
- ImperiumAO
- 0
- Star Citizen
- 2.3kDown 37%
ImperiumAO currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Star Citizen has 2,349.
YouTube subscribers
- ImperiumAO
- 2.4k
- Star Citizen
- 575kUp 0.2%
Star Citizen currently has about 243× as many YouTube subscribers as ImperiumAO — 575,000 vs 2,370.
Reddit members
- ImperiumAO
- —
- Star Citizen
- 529.3kUp 0.9%
Star Citizen currently has 529,311 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for ImperiumAO.
How these estimates are made
ImperiumAO
ImperiumAO is estimated to have 9 – 4k players a day. Around 5k – 470k 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.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen is estimated to have 340 – 160k players a day. Around 77k – 8m 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.