Head to head

Meridian 59 vs War Thunder

Meridian 59

Live

13 – 44 daily

War Thunder

Live

160k – 580k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 1995 · 31 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

13 – 44

160k – 580k

Estimated players

910.9%

361.2k2.8%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Meridian 59War Thunder

Meridian 59

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~92
August 2026	~92	Up 21%
July 2026	~76	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~368.8k	Up 1.8%
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

Meridian 59: 3Down 70%
War Thunder: 59.2kDown 18%

War Thunder currently has about 19717× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Meridian 59 — 59,152 vs 3.

Reddit members

Meridian 59: 497Up 1.2%
War Thunder: 563.2kUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 1133× as many subreddit members as Meridian 59 — 563,185 vs 497.

Twitch viewers

Meridian 59: —
War Thunder: 1.3kDown 32%

War Thunder currently has 1,258 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Meridian 59.

YouTube subscribers

Meridian 59: —
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has 1,930,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Meridian 59.

How these estimates are made

Meridian 59

Meridian 59 is estimated to have 13 – 44 players a day. Around 13k – 32k 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 160k – 580k 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.