Head to head

Lineage II vs World of Warcraft

Lineage II

Live

36 – 17k daily

World of Warcraft

Live

780 – 360k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2003 · 23 years ago

November 2004 · 22 years ago

Daily players

36 – 17k

780 – 360k

Estimated players

5.9k1.5%

585.9k0.9%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Lineage IIWorld of Warcraft

Lineage II

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~6k	Up 3.0%
August 2026	~5.8k	Down 0.8%
July 2026	~5.8k	—

World of Warcraft

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~590.3k	Up 3.8%
August 2026	~568.6k	Up 14%
July 2026	~500.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Lineage II: 11.1kUp 2.7%
World of Warcraft: 175.6kUp 4.7%

World of Warcraft currently has about 16× as many Discord members as Lineage II — 175,607 vs 11,148.

Reddit members

Lineage II: 15.6kUp 2.8%
World of Warcraft: 3.2mUp 1.1%

World of Warcraft currently has about 205× as many subreddit members as Lineage II — 3,197,778 vs 15,595.

Twitch viewers

Lineage II: 1.1kUp 139%
World of Warcraft: 46.9kDown 60%

World of Warcraft currently has about 42× as many live Twitch viewers as Lineage II — 46,850 vs 1,111.

YouTube subscribers

Lineage II: 16.8kUp 1.8%
World of Warcraft: 2mUp 1.5%

World of Warcraft currently has about 117× as many YouTube subscribers as Lineage II — 1,970,000 vs 16,800.

How these estimates are made

Lineage II

Lineage II is estimated to have 36 – 17k players a day. Around 14k – 1m 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.

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft is estimated to have 780 – 360k players a day. Around 130k – 13m 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.