Head to head

New World: Aeternum vs The Lord of the Rings Online

New World: Aeternum

Released

~2.4k daily · 1.4k – 4.1k

Last measured Nov 6, 2026

The Lord of the Rings Online

Released

~18k daily · 11k – 30k

Last measured Nov 6, 2026

VerdictThe Lord of the Rings Online has ~7.5× New World: Aeternum's daily players (~18k vs ~2.4k, as of Nov 6, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

September 2021 · 5 years ago

April 2007 · 20 years ago

Est. daily players

~2.4k1.4k – 4.1kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 6, 2026

~18k11k – 30kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 6, 2026

Available on

PlayStation
Windows

macOS
Windows

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

New World: AeternumThe Lord of the Rings Online

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

New World: Aeternum: 318
The Lord of the Rings Online: 788

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has about 2.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as New World: Aeternum — 788 vs 318.

Discord members

New World: Aeternum: 64.3k
The Lord of the Rings Online: 24.1k

New World: Aeternum currently has about 2.7× as many Discord members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 64,254 vs 24,076.

Reddit members

New World: Aeternum: 306.9k
The Lord of the Rings Online: 88.5k

New World: Aeternum currently has about 3.5× as many subreddit members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 306,878 vs 88,483.

Twitch viewers

New World: Aeternum: 37
The Lord of the Rings Online: 54

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has about 1.5× as many live Twitch viewers as New World: Aeternum — 54 vs 37.

YouTube subscribers

New World: Aeternum: 145k
The Lord of the Rings Online: 25.5k

New World: Aeternum currently has about 5.7× as many YouTube subscribers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 145,000 vs 25,500.

How these estimates are made

New World: Aeternum

We estimate that about 2,400 people play New World: Aeternum on a typical day (most likely between 1,400 and 4,100), based on data from Nov 6, 2026. Around 6,800,000 accounts (between 4,400,000 and 10,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

The Lord of the Rings Online

We estimate that about 18,000 people play The Lord of the Rings Online on a typical day (most likely between 11,000 and 30,000), based on data from Nov 6, 2026. Around 1,800,000 accounts (between 1,200,000 and 2,800,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate