Head to head

Pioner vs War Thunder

Pioner

Live

1k – 4k daily

War Thunder

Live

180k – 640k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2025 · 8 months ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

1k – 4k

180k – 640k

Estimated players

2.8k0.2%

363.7k1.7%

Available on

Windows
Linux

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

PionerWar Thunder

Pioner

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2.9k	Down 1.1%
July 2026	~2.9k	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~361k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~360.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Pioner: 160Down 78%
War Thunder: 34.3kDown 51%

War Thunder currently has about 214× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pioner — 34,293 vs 160.

Twitch viewers

Pioner: 0Down 100%
War Thunder: 963Down 57%

Pioner currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while War Thunder has 963.

YouTube subscribers

Pioner: 22.6kDown 0.4%
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 85× as many YouTube subscribers as Pioner — 1,930,000 vs 22,600.

Reddit members

Pioner: —
War Thunder: 561.2kUp 0.6%

War Thunder currently has 561,172 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.

War Thunder

War Thunder is estimated to have 180k – 640k players a day. Around 8m – 21m 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.