Head to head

Rules of Survival vs Sea of Thieves

Rules of Survival

Live

3 – 9 daily

Sea of Thieves

Live

14k – 50k 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

3 – 9

14k – 50k

Estimated players

10.3k73%

312.4k9.0%

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
October 2026	~36.3k	Down 2.1%
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
October 2026	~300k	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: 1
Sea of Thieves: 5.7kUp 1.2%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 5660× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Rules of Survival — 5,660 vs 1.

Discord members

Rules of Survival: 43.7kUp 32%
Sea of Thieves: 443.6k

Sea of Thieves currently has about 10× as many Discord members as Rules of Survival — 443,615 vs 43,700.

Reddit members

Rules of Survival: 7.5kUp 3.6%
Sea of Thieves: 615.1kUp 0.2%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 82× as many subreddit members as Rules of Survival — 615,128 vs 7,519.

Twitch viewers

Rules of Survival: 2Down 33%
Sea of Thieves: 2.7kUp 21%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 1356× as many live Twitch viewers as Rules of Survival — 2,712 vs 2.

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 estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. 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 14k – 50k 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.