Head to head

Rules of Survival vs Sea of Thieves

Rules of Survival

Live

Sea of Thieves

Live

8k – 29k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2017 · 9 years ago

March 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

No population data

8k – 29k

Estimated players

11.7k4.7%

305.8k1.4%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Rules of SurvivalSea of Thieves

Rules of Survival

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~11.6k	Down 46%
October 2026	~21.6k	Down 42%
September 2026	~37.1k	Up 2.6%
August 2026	~36.2k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~36k	—

Sea of Thieves

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~306.3k	Up 2.0%
October 2026	~300.1k	Up 0.6%
September 2026	~298.4k	Down 0.4%
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.

Steam concurrent players

Rules of Survival: 0Down 100%
Sea of Thieves: 2.4kDown 75%

Rules of Survival currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Sea of Thieves has 2,356.

Discord members

Rules of Survival: 50.2kUp 26%
Sea of Thieves: 438.8kDown 1.1%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 8.7× as many Discord members as Rules of Survival — 438,835 vs 50,155.

Reddit members

Rules of Survival: 7.6kUp 1.1%
Sea of Thieves: 615.6kUp 0.1%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 81× as many subreddit members as Rules of Survival — 615,620 vs 7,572.

Twitch viewers

Rules of Survival: 0Down 100%
Sea of Thieves: 1kDown 54%

Rules of Survival currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Sea of Thieves has 1,049.

YouTube subscribers

Rules of Survival: 2Down 100%
Sea of Thieves: 675k

Sea of Thieves currently has about 337500× as many YouTube subscribers as Rules of Survival — 675,000 vs 2.

How these estimates are made

Rules of Survival

Rules of Survival is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 110k – 280k 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 8k – 29k 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.