Head to head

Realms of Despair vs The Lord of the Rings Online

Realms of Despair

Live

0 – 130 daily

The Lord of the Rings Online

Live

4k – 13k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 1994 · 32 years ago

April 2007 · 19 years ago

Daily players

0 – 130

4k – 13k

Estimated players

20.9k

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Realms of DespairThe Lord of the Rings Online

Realms of Despair

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1
September 2026	~1
August 2026	~1
July 2026	~1	—

The Lord of the Rings Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~20.9k	Down 1.0%
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.

YouTube subscribers

Realms of Despair: 10
The Lord of the Rings Online: 25.2kUp 1.2%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has about 2520× as many YouTube subscribers as Realms of Despair — 25,200 vs 10.

Steam concurrent players

Realms of Despair: —
The Lord of the Rings Online: 1.1kDown 38%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 1,056 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Realms of Despair.

Discord members

Realms of Despair: —
The Lord of the Rings Online: 23.9kUp 0.9%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 23,940 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Realms of Despair.

Reddit members

Realms of Despair: —
The Lord of the Rings Online: 87.7kUp 0.9%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 87,704 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Realms of Despair.

Twitch viewers

Realms of Despair: —
The Lord of the Rings Online: 101Down 20%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 101 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Realms of Despair.

How these estimates are made

Realms of Despair

Realms of Despair is estimated to have 0 – 130 players a day. Around 180 – 23k 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 – 13k 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.