Head to head

Eve Online vs Pioner

Eve Online

Live

14k – 48k daily

Pioner

Live

53 – 190 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

December 2025 · 9 months ago

Daily players

14k – 48k

53 – 190

Estimated players

69k1.5%

2.6k5.3%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlinePioner

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~68.3k	Up 2.2%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Pioner

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~2.7k	Down 5.0%
August 2026	~2.9k	Down 1.2%
July 2026	~2.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 5.6kUp 17%
Pioner: 23Down 95%

Eve Online currently has about 243× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pioner — 5,585 vs 23.

Discord members

Eve Online: 51.5kUp 2.5%
Pioner: —

Eve Online currently has 51,470 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Pioner.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 222.8kUp 0.6%
Pioner: —

Eve Online currently has 222,789 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Pioner.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 5.1kUp 279%
Pioner: 0Down 100%

Eve Online currently has 5,072 live Twitch viewers, while Pioner has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 230kUp 1.3%
Pioner: 22.6kDown 0.4%

Eve Online currently has about 10× as many YouTube subscribers as Pioner — 230,000 vs 22,600.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 14k – 48k players a day. Around 640k – 2m 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.

Pioner

Pioner is estimated to have 53 – 190 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.