Head to head

MechWarrior Online vs PlanetSide 2

MechWarrior Online

Live

970 – 3k daily

PlanetSide 2

Live

1k – 5k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2013 · 13 years ago

November 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

970 – 3k

1k – 5k

Estimated players

10.8k4.4%

26.7k

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MechWarrior OnlinePlanetSide 2

MechWarrior Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~10.8k	Up 0.1%
July 2026	~10.8k	—

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

MechWarrior Online: 426Down 22%
PlanetSide 2: 429Down 8.5%

MechWarrior Online and PlanetSide 2 are nearly even on peak concurrent Steam players — 426 vs 429.

Discord members

MechWarrior Online: 18.5k
PlanetSide 2: —

MechWarrior Online currently has 18,456 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for PlanetSide 2.

Reddit members

MechWarrior Online: 16.3kUp 0.6%
PlanetSide 2: 91.5kUp 0.2%

PlanetSide 2 currently has about 5.6× as many subreddit members as MechWarrior Online — 91,493 vs 16,276.

Twitch viewers

MechWarrior Online: 45Down 61%
PlanetSide 2: 31Up 55%

MechWarrior Online currently has about 1.5× as many live Twitch viewers as PlanetSide 2 — 45 vs 31.

YouTube subscribers

MechWarrior Online: 19.9k
PlanetSide 2: 98.5k

PlanetSide 2 currently has about 4.9× as many YouTube subscribers as MechWarrior Online — 98,500 vs 19,900.

How these estimates are made

MechWarrior Online

MechWarrior Online is estimated to have 970 – 3k players a day. Around 250k – 630k 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 1k – 5k 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.