Head to head
Starward vs The Sandbox
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
- PlayStation
- Windows
- macOS
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Starward
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~5k | Up 2.4% |
| September 2026 | ~4.9k | |
| August 2026 | ~4.9k | Up 7.7% |
| July 2026 | ~4.5k | — |
The Sandbox
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~71.5k | |
| September 2026 | ~71.4k | |
| August 2026 | ~71.5k | Down 0.1% |
| July 2026 | ~71.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Starward
- 2kDown 7.1%
- The Sandbox
- —
Starward currently has 2,004 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for The Sandbox.
Twitch viewers
- Starward
- 89Up 25%
- The Sandbox
- 0
Starward currently has 89 live Twitch viewers, while The Sandbox has 0.
YouTube subscribers
- Starward
- 34.6kUp 1.8%
- The Sandbox
- 154k
The Sandbox currently has about 4.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Starward — 154,000 vs 34,600.
Discord members
- Starward
- —
- The Sandbox
- 254.9kDown 0.3%
The Sandbox currently has 254,926 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Starward.
Reddit members
- Starward
- —
- The Sandbox
- 17.4k
The Sandbox currently has 17,419 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Starward.
How these estimates are made
Starward
Starward is estimated to have 5k – 17k players a day. Around 90k – 230k 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 78 – 37k players a day. Around 29k – 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.