Head to head

New World: Aeternum vs Rift

New World: Aeternum

Live

1k – 5k daily

Rift

Live

550 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2021 · 5 years ago

March 2011 · 16 years ago

Daily players

1k – 5k

550 – 2k

Estimated players

97k3.3%

3.5k0.1%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

New World: AeternumRift

New World: Aeternum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~95.1k	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~95.3k	Down 0.1%
August 2026	~95.4k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~95.9k	—

Rift

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~3.5k	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.1%
July 2026	~3.5k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

New World: Aeternum: 509Down 29%
Rift: 172Down 20%

New World: Aeternum currently has about 3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Rift — 509 vs 172.

Discord members

New World: Aeternum: 66kDown 1.9%
Rift: —

New World: Aeternum currently has 66,021 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Rift.

Reddit members

New World: Aeternum: 306.3k
Rift: 11kUp 0.4%

New World: Aeternum currently has about 28× as many subreddit members as Rift — 306,339 vs 10,984.

Twitch viewers

New World: Aeternum: 119Down 91%
Rift: 1Down 88%

New World: Aeternum currently has about 119× as many live Twitch viewers as Rift — 119 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

New World: Aeternum: 145k
Rift: 11.4k

New World: Aeternum currently has about 13× as many YouTube subscribers as Rift — 145,000 vs 11,400.

How these estimates are made

New World: Aeternum

New World: Aeternum is estimated to have 1k – 5k players a day. Around 4m – 9m 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.

Rift

Rift is estimated to have 550 – 2k players a day. Around 230k – 580k 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.