Head to head

iRacing vs PlanetSide 2

iRacing

Live

2k – 8k daily

PlanetSide 2

Live

2k – 6k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2008 · 18 years ago

November 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

2k – 8k

2k – 6k

Estimated players

54.6k0.3%

26.8k0.1%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

iRacingPlanetSide 2

iRacing

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~54.6k
July 2026	~54.6k	—

PlanetSide 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
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.

Steam concurrent players

iRacing: 691Down 2.8%
PlanetSide 2: 344Down 27%

iRacing currently has about 2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as PlanetSide 2 — 691 vs 344.

Reddit members

iRacing: 243.5kUp 0.7%
PlanetSide 2: 91.5kUp 0.2%

iRacing currently has about 2.7× as many subreddit members as PlanetSide 2 — 243,475 vs 91,482.

Twitch viewers

iRacing: 1.3kDown 42%
PlanetSide 2: 45Up 96%

iRacing currently has about 28× as many live Twitch viewers as PlanetSide 2 — 1,281 vs 45.

YouTube subscribers

iRacing: 286kUp 0.4%
PlanetSide 2: 98.5k

iRacing currently has about 2.9× as many YouTube subscribers as PlanetSide 2 — 286,000 vs 98,500.

How these estimates are made

iRacing

iRacing is estimated to have 2k – 8k players a day. Around 160k – 400k 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.

PlanetSide 2

PlanetSide 2 is estimated to have 2k – 6k 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.