Head to head

Sea of Thieves vs The Secret World

Sea of Thieves

Live

14k – 50k daily

The Secret World

Live

130 – 450 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2018 · 9 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

14k – 50k

130 – 450

Estimated players

312.4k9.0%

19.8k0.5%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Sea of ThievesThe Secret World

Sea of Thieves

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~300.9k	Up 0.8%
September 2026	~298.4k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~299.6k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~300.7k	—

The Secret World

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~19.8k	Up 0.3%
September 2026	~19.7k
August 2026	~19.7k	Up 1.5%
July 2026	~19.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Sea of Thieves: 5.2kUp 22%
The Secret World: 38Down 16%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 137× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Secret World — 5,203 vs 38.

Discord members

Sea of Thieves: 443.6k
The Secret World: —

Sea of Thieves currently has 443,615 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Secret World.

Reddit members

Sea of Thieves: 615.1kUp 0.2%
The Secret World: 7.7kUp 0.1%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 80× as many subreddit members as The Secret World — 615,144 vs 7,673.

Twitch viewers

Sea of Thieves: 1.5kDown 37%
The Secret World: 0Down 100%

Sea of Thieves currently has 1,523 live Twitch viewers, while The Secret World has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Sea of Thieves: 675k
The Secret World: 181kUp 0.6%

Sea of Thieves currently has about 3.7× as many YouTube subscribers as The Secret World — 675,000 vs 181,000.

How these estimates are made

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.

The Secret World

The Secret World is estimated to have 130 – 450 players a day. Around 190k – 480k 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.