Head to head

iRacing vs War Thunder

iRacing

Live

2k – 9k daily

War Thunder

Live

190k – 680k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2008 · 18 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

2k – 9k

190k – 680k

Estimated players

54.6k

367.1k

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

iRacingWar Thunder

iRacing

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

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
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

iRacing: 684Down 16%
War Thunder: 70.6kUp 0.9%

War Thunder currently has about 103× as many peak concurrent Steam players as iRacing — 70,631 vs 684.

Reddit members

iRacing: 243.9kUp 0.8%
War Thunder: 561.7kUp 0.6%

War Thunder currently has about 2.3× as many subreddit members as iRacing — 561,740 vs 243,939.

Twitch viewers

iRacing: 1.4kDown 58%
War Thunder: 5.5kUp 174%

War Thunder currently has about 3.9× as many live Twitch viewers as iRacing — 5,512 vs 1,414.

YouTube subscribers

iRacing: 286kUp 0.4%
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 6.7× as many YouTube subscribers as iRacing — 1,930,000 vs 286,000.

How these estimates are made

iRacing

iRacing is estimated to have 2k – 9k 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.

War Thunder

War Thunder is estimated to have 190k – 680k 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.