Head to head
NuclearCraft vs The Sandbox
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- macOS
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
NuclearCraft
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~3.6k | Up 5.1% |
| September 2026 | ~3.4k | |
| August 2026 | ~3.4k | Down 0.1% |
| July 2026 | ~3.4k | — |
The Sandbox
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~71k | Down 0.7% |
| September 2026 | ~71.4k | |
| August 2026 | ~71.5k | Down 0.1% |
| July 2026 | ~71.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Discord members
- NuclearCraft
- 8.7kDown 0.2%
- The Sandbox
- 255.4kDown 0.3%
The Sandbox currently has about 29× as many Discord members as NuclearCraft — 255,373 vs 8,745.
YouTube subscribers
- NuclearCraft
- 7.6kUp 0.1%
- The Sandbox
- 154k
The Sandbox currently has about 20× as many YouTube subscribers as NuclearCraft — 154,000 vs 7,610.
Reddit members
- NuclearCraft
- —
- The Sandbox
- 17.4k
The Sandbox currently has 17,417 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for NuclearCraft.
Twitch viewers
- NuclearCraft
- —
- The Sandbox
- 22
The Sandbox currently has 22 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for NuclearCraft.
How these estimates are made
NuclearCraft
NuclearCraft is estimated to have 14 – 7k players a day. Around 7k – 710k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.
The Sandbox
The Sandbox is estimated to have 55 – 26k players a day. Around 25k – 3m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.