Head to head
Starbase vs The Sandbox
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Windows
- macOS
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Starbase
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~12.4k | Up 2.5% |
| July 2026 | ~12.1k | — |
The Sandbox
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~71.6k | |
| July 2026 | ~71.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Starbase
- 5Down 55%
- The Sandbox
- —
Starbase currently has 5 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for The Sandbox.
Discord members
- Starbase
- 24.7kDown 0.5%
- The Sandbox
- 256.7k
The Sandbox currently has about 10× as many Discord members as Starbase — 256,666 vs 24,670.
Reddit members
- Starbase
- 12.9k
- The Sandbox
- 17.4k
The Sandbox currently has about 1.4× as many subreddit members as Starbase — 17,408 vs 12,894.
Twitch viewers
- Starbase
- 0
- The Sandbox
- 0
Starbase currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while The Sandbox has 0.
YouTube subscribers
- Starbase
- 25.9kDown 0.4%
- The Sandbox
- 155k
The Sandbox currently has about 6× as many YouTube subscribers as Starbase — 155,000 vs 25,900.
How these estimates are made
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.
The Sandbox
The Sandbox is estimated to have 74 – 35k players a day. Around 28k – 3m 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.