Head to head
Star Citizen vs Starbase
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Linux
- Windows
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Star Citizen
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~163.9k | Down 0.4% |
| July 2026 | ~164.6k | — |
Starbase
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~12.4k | Up 2.5% |
| July 2026 | ~12.1k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Discord members
- Star Citizen
- 162.5k
- Starbase
- 24.7kDown 0.5%
Star Citizen currently has about 6.6× as many Discord members as Starbase — 162,501 vs 24,670.
Reddit members
- Star Citizen
- 525.1kUp 0.2%
- Starbase
- 12.9k
Star Citizen currently has about 41× as many subreddit members as Starbase — 525,070 vs 12,894.
Twitch viewers
- Star Citizen
- 2.5kDown 53%
- Starbase
- 0
Star Citizen currently has 2,493 live Twitch viewers, while Starbase has 0.
YouTube subscribers
- Star Citizen
- 574k
- Starbase
- 25.9kDown 0.4%
Star Citizen currently has about 22× as many YouTube subscribers as Starbase — 574,000 vs 25,900.
Steam concurrent players
- Star Citizen
- —
- Starbase
- 5Down 55%
Starbase currently has 5 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Star Citizen.
How these estimates are made
Star Citizen
Star Citizen is estimated to have 360 – 170k players a day. Around 79k – 8m 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.
Starbase
Starbase is estimated to have 28 – 97 players a day. Around 140k – 360k 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.