Head to head

Melee vs War Thunder

Melee

Live

War Thunder

Live

200k – 700k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2019 · 7 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

No population data

200k – 700k

Estimated players

367.4k0.9%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MeleeWar Thunder

Melee

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~70
August 2026	~70	Up 19%
July 2026	~59	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~369.8k	Up 2.1%
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

Melee: 0
War Thunder: 72.5kUp 1.2%

Melee currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while War Thunder has 72,527.

Twitch viewers

Melee: 0
War Thunder: 1.2kDown 26%

Melee currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while War Thunder has 1,175.

YouTube subscribers

Melee: 34
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 56765× as many YouTube subscribers as Melee — 1,930,000 vs 34.

Reddit members

Melee: —
War Thunder: 562.7kUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has 562,723 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Melee.

How these estimates are made

Melee

Melee is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 20k – 51k 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 200k – 700k 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.