Head to head

Nightmare vs PlanetSide 2

Nightmare

Live

3 – 9 daily

PlanetSide 2

Live

1k – 5k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2021 · 5 years ago

November 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

3 – 9

1k – 5k

Estimated players

1963.4%

26.8k0.2%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

NightmarePlanetSide 2

Nightmare

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~207	Down 0.5%
August 2026	~208	Up 0.5%
July 2026	~207	—

PlanetSide 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~26.7k
August 2026	~26.7k	Up 12%
July 2026	~23.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Nightmare: 0Down 100%
PlanetSide 2: 308Down 40%

Nightmare currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while PlanetSide 2 has 308.

Discord members

Nightmare: 656Down 0.2%
PlanetSide 2: —

Nightmare currently has 656 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for PlanetSide 2.

YouTube subscribers

Nightmare: 75
PlanetSide 2: 98.4kDown 0.1%

PlanetSide 2 currently has about 1312× as many YouTube subscribers as Nightmare — 98,400 vs 75.

Reddit members

Nightmare: —
PlanetSide 2: 91.7kUp 0.2%

PlanetSide 2 currently has 91,671 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Nightmare.

Twitch viewers

Nightmare: —
PlanetSide 2: 57Up 138%

PlanetSide 2 currently has 57 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Nightmare.

How these estimates are made

Nightmare

Nightmare is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 8k – 21k 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.

PlanetSide 2

PlanetSide 2 is estimated to have 1k – 5k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.