Head to head

Perfect World vs World of Warcraft

Perfect World

Live

8 – 4k daily

World of Warcraft

Live

810 – 380k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2005 · 21 years ago

November 2004 · 22 years ago

Daily players

8 – 4k

810 – 380k

Estimated players

6821.6%

583.1k2.0%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Perfect WorldWorld of Warcraft

Perfect World

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~670	Up 3.1%
July 2026	~650	—

World of Warcraft

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~568.1k	Up 14%
July 2026	~500.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Perfect World: 2.2kUp 0.1%
World of Warcraft: 167.7kUp 2.0%

World of Warcraft currently has about 77× as many Discord members as Perfect World — 167,677 vs 2,175.

Reddit members

Perfect World: 1.2kUp 1.8%
World of Warcraft: 3.2mUp 0.2%

World of Warcraft currently has about 2624× as many subreddit members as Perfect World — 3,161,650 vs 1,205.

Twitch viewers

Perfect World: 7Down 86%
World of Warcraft: 93.3kUp 197%

World of Warcraft currently has about 13327× as many live Twitch viewers as Perfect World — 93,287 vs 7.

YouTube subscribers

Perfect World: —
World of Warcraft: 1.9mUp 0.5%

World of Warcraft currently has 1,940,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Perfect World.

How these estimates are made

Perfect World

Perfect World is estimated to have 8 – 4k players a day. Around 5k – 480k 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.

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft is estimated to have 810 – 380k players a day. Around 130k – 13m 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.