Head to head

Pokémon Go vs The Lord of the Rings Online

Pokémon Go

Live

550 – 260k daily

The Lord of the Rings Online

Live

4k – 14k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2016 · 10 years ago

April 2007 · 20 years ago

Daily players

550 – 260k

4k – 14k

Estimated players

827.4k1.4%

22.6k0.7%

Available on

Android
iOS

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Pokémon GoThe Lord of the Rings Online

Pokémon Go

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~827.2k	Up 1.0%
October 2026	~819.3k	Up 0.3%
September 2026	~816.5k
August 2026	~816.4k	Up 16%
July 2026	~704.8k	—

The Lord of the Rings Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~22.4k	Up 3.8%
October 2026	~21.6k	Up 2.1%
September 2026	~21.1k	Up 0.6%
August 2026	~21k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~20.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Pokémon Go: 293.3kUp 0.6%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 24.1kUp 0.5%

Pokémon Go currently has about 12× as many Discord members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 293,275 vs 24,058.

Reddit members

Pokémon Go: 5.7mUp 0.2%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 88.4kUp 0.9%

Pokémon Go currently has about 65× as many subreddit members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 5,712,310 vs 88,370.

Twitch viewers

Pokémon Go: 1.4kUp 26%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 66Down 57%

Pokémon Go currently has about 21× as many live Twitch viewers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 1,361 vs 66.

YouTube subscribers

Pokémon Go: 1.3m
The Lord of the Rings Online: 25.5kUp 1.2%

Pokémon Go currently has about 52× as many YouTube subscribers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 1,330,000 vs 25,500.

Steam concurrent players

Pokémon Go: —
The Lord of the Rings Online: 1.1kDown 22%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 1,075 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Pokémon Go.

How these estimates are made

Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go is estimated to have 550 – 260k players a day. Around 110k – 10m 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.

The Lord of the Rings Online

The Lord of the Rings Online is estimated to have 4k – 14k players a day. Around 410k – 1m 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.