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Plains of Pain vs The Elder Scrolls Online

VerdictThe Elder Scrolls Online has ~786× Plains of Pain's daily players (~220k vs ~280, as of Nov 8, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released
Released

Released

February 2023 · 4 years ago
April 2014 · 13 years ago

Est. daily players

~280200 – 390Medium confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026
~220k130k – 380kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026

Available on

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • PlayStation
  • Stadia
  • Windows
  • Xbox

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Plains of PainThe Elder Scrolls Online

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Plains of Pain
46
The Elder Scrolls Online
8.2k

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 178× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Plains of Pain — 8,170 vs 46.

Discord members

Plains of Pain
1.6k
The Elder Scrolls Online
63.1k

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 40× as many Discord members as Plains of Pain — 63,147 vs 1,570.

Twitch viewers

Plains of Pain
3
The Elder Scrolls Online
659

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 220× as many live Twitch viewers as Plains of Pain — 659 vs 3.

YouTube subscribers

Plains of Pain
706
The Elder Scrolls Online
—

Plains of Pain currently has 706 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for The Elder Scrolls Online.

Reddit members

Plains of Pain
—
The Elder Scrolls Online
510.2k

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has 510,177 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Plains of Pain.

How these estimates are made

Plains of Pain

We estimate that about 280 people play Plains of Pain on a typical day (most likely between 200 and 390), based on data from Nov 8, 2026. Around 46,000 accounts (between 36,000 and 59,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

The Elder Scrolls Online

We estimate that about 220,000 people play The Elder Scrolls Online on a typical day (most likely between 130,000 and 380,000), based on data from Nov 8, 2026. Around 9,400,000 accounts (between 6,200,000 and 14,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

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