Head to head

Lost Ark vs The Lord of the Rings Online

Lost Ark

Live

17k – 59k daily

The Lord of the Rings Online

Live

5k – 17k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

April 2007 · 19 years ago

Daily players

17k – 59k

5k – 17k

Estimated players

64.2k

21.5k1.5%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Lost ArkThe Lord of the Rings Online

Lost Ark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~64.4k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~64.3k	—

The Lord of the Rings Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~21k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~20.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Lost Ark: 6.1kDown 1.8%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 1.6kUp 14%

Lost Ark currently has about 3.9× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Lord of the Rings Online — 6,078 vs 1,567.

Reddit members

Lost Ark: 299.7kUp 0.2%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 86.7kUp 1.2%

Lost Ark currently has about 3.5× as many subreddit members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 299,702 vs 86,722.

Twitch viewers

Lost Ark: 1.5kUp 8.3%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 179Down 26%

Lost Ark currently has about 8.2× as many live Twitch viewers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 1,459 vs 179.

YouTube subscribers

Lost Ark: 103k
The Lord of the Rings Online: 24.9kUp 0.4%

Lost Ark currently has about 4.1× as many YouTube subscribers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 103,000 vs 24,900.

Discord members

Lost Ark: —
The Lord of the Rings Online: 23.7kUp 1.4%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 23,678 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Lost Ark.

How these estimates are made

Lost Ark

Lost Ark is estimated to have 17k – 59k players a day. Around 3m – 7m 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.

The Lord of the Rings Online

The Lord of the Rings Online is estimated to have 5k – 17k players a day. Around 410k – 1m 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.