Head to head
Star Citizen vs The Isle
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 | ~163.5k | Down 0.7% |
| July 2026 | ~164.6k | — |
The Isle
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~39.3k | Up 3.1% |
| July 2026 | ~38.1k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Discord members
- Star Citizen
- 162.6kUp 0.4%
- The Isle
- —
Star Citizen currently has 162,580 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Isle.
Reddit members
- Star Citizen
- 525.5kUp 0.6%
- The Isle
- 82.8kUp 1.6%
Star Citizen currently has about 6.3× as many subreddit members as The Isle — 525,468 vs 82,836.
Twitch viewers
- Star Citizen
- 3.5kDown 41%
- The Isle
- 3.6kDown 40%
Star Citizen and The Isle are nearly even on live Twitch viewers — 3,535 vs 3,627.
YouTube subscribers
- Star Citizen
- 574k
- The Isle
- 95.4kUp 0.1%
Star Citizen currently has about 6× as many YouTube subscribers as The Isle — 574,000 vs 95,400.
Steam concurrent players
- Star Citizen
- —
- The Isle
- 20.8kUp 26%
The Isle currently has 20,766 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 350 – 160k players a day. Around 78k – 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.
The Isle
The Isle is estimated to have 52k – 180k players a day. Around 2m – 4m 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.