Head to head

Sea of Thieves vs Shadowbane

Sea of Thieves

Live

13k – 47k daily

Shadowbane

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2018 · 8 years ago

March 2005 · 21 years ago

Daily players

13k – 47k

No population data

Estimated players

310.1k2.3%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Sea of ThievesShadowbane

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	—

Shadowbane

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~45
August 2026	~45
July 2026	~45	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Sea of Thieves: 5.3kDown 2.0%
Shadowbane: —

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

Discord members

Sea of Thieves: 443.9k
Shadowbane: —

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

Reddit members

Sea of Thieves: 613.7kUp 0.2%
Shadowbane: —

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

Twitch viewers

Sea of Thieves: 1.3kDown 56%
Shadowbane: 0

Sea of Thieves currently has 1,294 live Twitch viewers, while Shadowbane has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Sea of Thieves: 675kDown 0.1%
Shadowbane: —

Sea of Thieves currently has 675,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Shadowbane.

How these estimates are made

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.

Shadowbane

Shadowbane is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 14k – 36k 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.