Head to head

New World: Aeternum vs The Secret World

New World: Aeternum

Live

1k – 5k daily

The Secret World

Live

120 – 410 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2021 · 5 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

1k – 5k

120 – 410

Estimated players

95.3k1.1%

19.7k

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

New World: AeternumThe Secret World

New World: Aeternum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~95.4k
August 2026	~95.4k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~95.9k	—

The Secret World

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~19.7k
August 2026	~19.7k	Up 1.5%
July 2026	~19.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

New World: Aeternum: 485Up 0.4%
The Secret World: 38Down 25%

New World: Aeternum currently has about 13× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Secret World — 485 vs 38.

Discord members

New World: Aeternum: 66.8kDown 1.7%
The Secret World: —

New World: Aeternum currently has 66,805 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Secret World.

Reddit members

New World: Aeternum: 306.1k
The Secret World: 7.7k

New World: Aeternum currently has about 40× as many subreddit members as The Secret World — 306,144 vs 7,666.

Twitch viewers

New World: Aeternum: 308Up 163%
The Secret World: 0

New World: Aeternum currently has 308 live Twitch viewers, while The Secret World has 0.

YouTube subscribers

New World: Aeternum: 145kDown 0.7%
The Secret World: 180k

The Secret World currently has about 1.2× as many YouTube subscribers as New World: Aeternum — 180,000 vs 145,000.

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.

The Secret World

The Secret World is estimated to have 120 – 410 players a day. Around 190k – 480k 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.