Head to head
Palworld vs Star Citizen
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Xbox
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Windows
- Linux
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Palworld
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~506.4k | Up 4.8% |
| July 2026 | ~483.1k | — |
Star Citizen
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~164.7k | |
| July 2026 | ~164.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Palworld
- 265.6kDown 34%
- Star Citizen
- —
Palworld currently has 265,584 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Star Citizen.
Discord members
- Palworld
- 311.8kUp 1.2%
- Star Citizen
- 162.5k
Palworld currently has about 1.9× as many Discord members as Star Citizen — 311,761 vs 162,537.
Reddit members
- Palworld
- 868.1kUp 1.4%
- Star Citizen
- 524.8kUp 0.2%
Palworld currently has about 1.7× as many subreddit members as Star Citizen — 868,053 vs 524,833.
Twitch viewers
- Palworld
- 11.3kDown 48%
- Star Citizen
- 4.8kDown 17%
Palworld currently has about 2.4× as many live Twitch viewers as Star Citizen — 11,277 vs 4,770.
YouTube subscribers
- Palworld
- 605kUp 0.8%
- Star Citizen
- 574k
Palworld and Star Citizen are nearly even on YouTube subscribers — 605,000 vs 574,000.
How these estimates are made
Palworld
Palworld is estimated to have 700k – 3m players a day. Around 5m – 14m 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.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen is estimated to have 360 – 170k players a day. Around 80k – 8m 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.