Head to head

Riders of Icarus vs Sea of Thieves

Riders of Icarus

Live

3 – 9 daily

Sea of Thieves

Live

11k – 38k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2016 · 10 years ago

March 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

3 – 9

11k – 38k

Estimated players

1.7k

306.4k0.9%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Riders of IcarusSea of Thieves

Riders of Icarus

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k
August 2026	~1.7k
July 2026	~1.7k	—

Sea of Thieves

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~299.6k
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.

Steam concurrent players

Riders of Icarus: 0Down 100%
Sea of Thieves: 3kDown 67%

Riders of Icarus currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Sea of Thieves has 2,963.

Reddit members

Riders of Icarus: 1.6kUp 0.1%
Sea of Thieves: 614kUp 0.2%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 373× as many subreddit members as Riders of Icarus — 614,034 vs 1,646.

Twitch viewers

Riders of Icarus: 0Down 100%
Sea of Thieves: 1.1kDown 52%

Riders of Icarus currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Sea of Thieves has 1,147.

YouTube subscribers

Riders of Icarus: 4.3k
Sea of Thieves: 675kDown 0.1%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 155× as many YouTube subscribers as Riders of Icarus — 675,000 vs 4,350.

Discord members

Riders of Icarus: —
Sea of Thieves: 443.8k

Sea of Thieves currently has 443,775 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Riders of Icarus.

How these estimates are made

Riders of Icarus

Riders of Icarus is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 210k – 540k 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 11k – 38k 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.