Head to head

NosTale vs Sea of Thieves

NosTale

Live

890 – 3k daily

Sea of Thieves

Live

13k – 45k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2006 · 20 years ago

March 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

890 – 3k

13k – 45k

Estimated players

10k6.0%

289.2k4.1%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

NosTaleSea of Thieves

NosTale

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~10.2k	Up 8.1%
August 2026	~9.4k	Down 0.6%
July 2026	~9.5k	—

Sea of Thieves

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~298.5k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~299.6k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~300.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

NosTale: 358Up 12%
Sea of Thieves: 5kDown 34%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 14× as many peak concurrent Steam players as NosTale — 5,008 vs 358.

Discord members

NosTale: 31.5kUp 1.2%
Sea of Thieves: 443.8k

Sea of Thieves currently has about 14× as many Discord members as NosTale — 443,822 vs 31,509.

Reddit members

NosTale: 3.7kUp 1.4%
Sea of Thieves: 613.9kUp 0.2%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 165× as many subreddit members as NosTale — 613,941 vs 3,728.

Twitch viewers

NosTale: 108Up 468%
Sea of Thieves: 1.7kDown 48%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 16× as many live Twitch viewers as NosTale — 1,702 vs 108.

YouTube subscribers

NosTale: 6.6kUp 0.3%
Sea of Thieves: 675kDown 0.1%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 102× as many YouTube subscribers as NosTale — 675,000 vs 6,600.

How these estimates are made

NosTale

NosTale is estimated to have 890 – 3k players a day. Around 84k – 220k 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.

Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is estimated to have 13k – 45k players a day. Around 4m – 11m 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.