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Head to head

Silica vs Star Citizen

VerdictStar Citizen has ~5.8× Silica's daily players (~11k vs ~1.9k, as of Nov 7, 2026). Their estimated ranges overlap, so the gap is uncertain.

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Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released
Released

Released

May 2023 · 4 years ago
August 2013 · 13 years ago

Est. daily players

~1.9k1.3k – 2.6kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 7, 2026
~11k2.5k – 32kLow confidence · Last measured Nov 7, 2026

Available on

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Windows

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

SilicaStar Citizen

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Silica
317
Star Citizen
—

Silica currently has 317 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Star Citizen.

Discord members

Silica
6.2k
Star Citizen
161.3k

Star Citizen currently has about 26× as many Discord members as Silica — 161,305 vs 6,236.

Twitch viewers

Silica
575
Star Citizen
2.3k

Star Citizen currently has about 4.1× as many live Twitch viewers as Silica — 2,339 vs 575.

YouTube subscribers

Silica
1.5k
Star Citizen
577k

Star Citizen currently has about 385× as many YouTube subscribers as Silica — 577,000 vs 1,500.

Reddit members

Silica
—
Star Citizen
535.5k

Star Citizen currently has 535,488 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Silica.

How these estimates are made

Silica

We estimate that about 1,900 people play Silica on a typical day (most likely between 1,300 and 2,600), based on data from Nov 7, 2026. Around 160,000 accounts (between 130,000 and 210,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

Star Citizen

We estimate that about 11,000 people play Star Citizen on a typical day (most likely between 2,500 and 32,000), based on data from Nov 7, 2026. Around 960,000 accounts (between 330,000 and 2,200,000) have played it at some point. Star Citizen publishes no Steam player data, so the estimate is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. Confidence: low — a community-size model, not a measurement.

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