Head to head

Sea of Thieves vs Skate.

Sea of Thieves

Live

22k – 79k daily

Skate.

Live

6k – 22k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2018 · 8 years ago

September 2025 · 11 months ago

Daily players

22k – 79k

6k – 22k

Estimated players

291.9k3.7%

49.5k5.5%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Sea of ThievesSkate.

Sea of Thieves

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~300.7k
July 2026	~300.7k	—

Skate.

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~51.9k
July 2026	~51.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Sea of Thieves: 5.2kDown 39%
Skate.: 2.1kDown 19%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 2.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Skate. — 5,236 vs 2,131.

Discord members

Sea of Thieves: 444.2kUp 0.1%
Skate.: 142.7kDown 0.3%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 3.1× as many Discord members as Skate. — 444,187 vs 142,703.

Reddit members

Sea of Thieves: 612.9k
Skate.: —

Sea of Thieves currently has 612,850 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Skate..

Twitch viewers

Sea of Thieves: 1.2kDown 42%
Skate.: 107Up 257%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 12× as many live Twitch viewers as Skate. — 1,248 vs 107.

YouTube subscribers

Sea of Thieves: 676k
Skate.: —

Sea of Thieves currently has 676,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Skate..

How these estimates are made

Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is estimated to have 22k – 79k 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.

Skate.

Skate. is estimated to have 6k – 22k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.