Head to head
MineColonies vs The Sandbox
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- macOS
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
MineColonies
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~18.1k | Up 0.3% |
| September 2026 | ~18k | Up 0.8% |
| August 2026 | ~17.9k | Down 0.4% |
| July 2026 | ~17.9k | — |
The Sandbox
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~71.1k | Down 0.5% |
| September 2026 | ~71.4k | |
| August 2026 | ~71.5k | Down 0.1% |
| July 2026 | ~71.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Discord members
- MineColonies
- 51.2kUp 0.3%
- The Sandbox
- 255.4kDown 0.3%
The Sandbox currently has about 5× as many Discord members as MineColonies — 255,380 vs 51,176.
Reddit members
- MineColonies
- 15.7kUp 1.4%
- The Sandbox
- 17.4k
MineColonies and The Sandbox are nearly even on subreddit members — 15,669 vs 17,417.
YouTube subscribers
- MineColonies
- 7.2k
- The Sandbox
- 154k
The Sandbox currently has about 22× as many YouTube subscribers as MineColonies — 154,000 vs 7,160.
Twitch viewers
- MineColonies
- —
- The Sandbox
- 0
The Sandbox currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for MineColonies.
How these estimates are made
MineColonies
MineColonies is estimated to have 43 – 20k players a day. Around 18k – 2m 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.
The Sandbox
The Sandbox is estimated to have 55 – 26k players a day. Around 25k – 3m 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.