Head to head
Sea of Thieves vs The Sandbox
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- macOS
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Sea of Thieves
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~300.7k | Up 0.4% |
| August 2026 | ~299.6k | Down 0.4% |
| July 2026 | ~300.7k | — |
The Sandbox
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~71.8k | Up 0.4% |
| August 2026 | ~71.5k | Down 0.1% |
| July 2026 | ~71.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Sea of Thieves
- 3kDown 46%
- The Sandbox
- —
Sea of Thieves currently has 2,964 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for The Sandbox.
Discord members
- Sea of Thieves
- 443.9k
- The Sandbox
- 256.2kDown 0.3%
Sea of Thieves currently has about 1.7× as many Discord members as The Sandbox — 443,850 vs 256,159.
Reddit members
- Sea of Thieves
- 613.6kUp 0.2%
- The Sandbox
- 17.4k
Sea of Thieves currently has about 35× as many subreddit members as The Sandbox — 613,649 vs 17,412.
Twitch viewers
- Sea of Thieves
- 1.3kDown 61%
- The Sandbox
- 0
Sea of Thieves currently has 1,297 live Twitch viewers, while The Sandbox has 0.
YouTube subscribers
- Sea of Thieves
- 675kDown 0.1%
- The Sandbox
- 154kDown 0.6%
Sea of Thieves currently has about 4.4× as many YouTube subscribers as The Sandbox — 675,000 vs 154,000.
How these estimates are made
Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves is estimated to have 11k – 40k 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.
The Sandbox
The Sandbox is estimated to have 80 – 37k players a day. Around 30k – 3m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.
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