Head to head

Return Alive vs Sea of Thieves

Return Alive

Live

Sea of Thieves

Live

13k – 47k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2024 · 2 years ago

March 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

No population data

13k – 47k

Estimated players

310.1k2.3%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Return AliveSea of Thieves

Return Alive

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~47
August 2026	~47	Up 4.4%
July 2026	~45	—

Sea of Thieves

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~303.9k	Up 1.4%
August 2026	~299.6k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~300.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

YouTube subscribers

Return Alive: 302Down 0.7%
Sea of Thieves: 675kDown 0.1%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 2235× as many YouTube subscribers as Return Alive — 675,000 vs 302.

Steam concurrent players

Return Alive: —
Sea of Thieves: 5.3kDown 2.0%

Sea of Thieves currently has 5,350 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Return Alive.

Discord members

Return Alive: —
Sea of Thieves: 443.9k

Sea of Thieves currently has 443,873 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Return Alive.

Reddit members

Return Alive: —
Sea of Thieves: 613.7kUp 0.2%

Sea of Thieves currently has 613,681 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Return Alive.

Twitch viewers

Return Alive: —
Sea of Thieves: 1.4kDown 54%

Sea of Thieves currently has 1,363 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Return Alive.

How these estimates are made

Return Alive

Return Alive is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 6k – 16k 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.

Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is estimated to have 13k – 47k players a day. Around 4m – 11m 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.