Head to head
Pioner vs The Sandbox
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Linux
- Windows
- macOS
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Pioner
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~2.9k | Down 1.1% |
| July 2026 | ~2.9k | — |
The Sandbox
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Steam concurrent players
- Pioner
- 160Down 78%
- The Sandbox
- —
Pioner currently has 160 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for The Sandbox.
Twitch viewers
- Pioner
- 0Down 100%
- The Sandbox
- 0
Pioner currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while The Sandbox has 0.
YouTube subscribers
- Pioner
- 22.6kDown 0.4%
- The Sandbox
- 154kDown 0.6%
The Sandbox currently has about 6.8× as many YouTube subscribers as Pioner — 154,000 vs 22,600.
Discord members
- Pioner
- —
- The Sandbox
- 256.5kDown 0.2%
The Sandbox currently has 256,515 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Pioner.
Reddit members
- Pioner
- —
- The Sandbox
- 17.4k
The Sandbox currently has 17,408 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Pioner.
How these estimates are made
Pioner
Pioner is estimated to have 1k – 4k players a day. Around 84k – 210k 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.
The Sandbox
The Sandbox is estimated to have 75 – 35k players a day. Around 28k – 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.