Head to head

Star Citizen vs The Lord of the Rings Online

Star Citizen

Live

390 – 180k daily

The Lord of the Rings Online

Live

4k – 14k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2013 · 13 years ago

April 2007 · 20 years ago

Daily players

390 – 180k

4k – 14k

Estimated players

171.6k0.3%

22.6k0.7%

Available on

Windows
Linux

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Star CitizenThe Lord of the Rings Online

Star Citizen

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~171.2k	Up 3.8%
October 2026	~165k	Up 1.0%
September 2026	~163.4k	Down 0.2%
August 2026	~163.7k	Down 0.6%
July 2026	~164.6k	—

The Lord of the Rings Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~22.4k	Up 3.8%
October 2026	~21.6k	Up 2.1%
September 2026	~21.1k	Up 0.6%
August 2026	~21k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~20.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Star Citizen: 161.2kDown 0.5%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 24.1kUp 0.5%

Star Citizen currently has about 6.7× as many Discord members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 161,241 vs 24,058.

Reddit members

Star Citizen: 535kUp 0.5%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 88.4kUp 0.9%

Star Citizen currently has about 6.1× as many subreddit members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 535,005 vs 88,370.

Twitch viewers

Star Citizen: 1.9kDown 65%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 66Down 57%

Star Citizen currently has about 29× as many live Twitch viewers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 1,938 vs 66.

YouTube subscribers

Star Citizen: 577kUp 0.3%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 25.5kUp 1.2%

Star Citizen currently has about 23× as many YouTube subscribers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 577,000 vs 25,500.

Steam concurrent players

Star Citizen: —
The Lord of the Rings Online: 1.1kDown 22%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 1,075 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 390 – 180k players a day. Around 85k – 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 Lord of the Rings Online

The Lord of the Rings Online is estimated to have 4k – 14k players a day. Around 410k – 1m 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.