Head to head

NosTale vs Sea of Thieves

NosTale

Live

1k – 4k daily

Sea of Thieves

Live

18k – 62k 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

1k – 4k

18k – 62k

Estimated players

9.2k6.2%

301.5k3.3%

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
August 2026	~9.4k	Down 1.1%
July 2026	~9.5k	—

Sea of Thieves

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~299.3k	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: 477Up 38%
Sea of Thieves: 5.7kUp 12%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 12× as many peak concurrent Steam players as NosTale — 5,695 vs 477.

Discord members

NosTale: 31.3kUp 0.9%
Sea of Thieves: 444.2kUp 0.3%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 14× as many Discord members as NosTale — 444,222 vs 31,338.

Reddit members

NosTale: 3.7kUp 1.4%
Sea of Thieves: 613.2kUp 0.3%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 166× as many subreddit members as NosTale — 613,207 vs 3,696.

Twitch viewers

NosTale: 83Up 168%
Sea of Thieves: 5.4kUp 71%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 66× as many live Twitch viewers as NosTale — 5,437 vs 83.

YouTube subscribers

NosTale: 6.6kUp 0.2%
Sea of Thieves: 675kDown 0.1%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 103× as many YouTube subscribers as NosTale — 675,000 vs 6,580.

How these estimates are made

NosTale

NosTale is estimated to have 1k – 4k 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 18k – 62k 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.