Head to head

Shadow Arena vs War Thunder

Shadow Arena

Live

War Thunder

Live

170k – 600k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2020 · 6 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

No population data

170k – 600k

Estimated players

751

365.2k0.4%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Shadow ArenaWar Thunder

Shadow Arena

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~752
September 2026	~752	Up 0.1%
August 2026	~751	Up 14%
July 2026	~661	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~368.6k
September 2026	~368.7k	Up 1.8%
August 2026	~362.3k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~360.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Shadow Arena: 0
War Thunder: 71.8kUp 7.3%

Shadow Arena currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while War Thunder has 71,833.

YouTube subscribers

Shadow Arena: 2.1k
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 933× as many YouTube subscribers as Shadow Arena — 1,950,000 vs 2,090.

Reddit members

Shadow Arena: —
War Thunder: 567.1kUp 0.7%

War Thunder currently has 567,069 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow Arena.

Twitch viewers

Shadow Arena: —
War Thunder: 1.3kDown 16%

War Thunder currently has 1,262 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow Arena.

How these estimates are made

Shadow Arena

Shadow Arena is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 120k – 300k 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.

War Thunder

War Thunder is estimated to have 170k – 600k players a day. Around 8m – 21m 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.