Head to head

The Lord of the Rings Online vs War Thunder

The Lord of the Rings Online

Released

~19k daily · 11k – 32k

Last measured Nov 12, 2026

War Thunder

Released

~980k daily · 580k – 1.7m

Last measured Nov 12, 2026

VerdictWar Thunder has ~52× The Lord of the Rings Online's daily players (~980k vs ~19k, as of Nov 12, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

April 2007 · 20 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Est. daily players

~19k11k – 32k9.2% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 12, 2026

~980k580k – 1.7m17% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 12, 2026

Available on

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Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

The Lord of the Rings OnlineWar Thunder

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

The Lord of the Rings Online: 704Down 38% past week
War Thunder: 38.5kDown 55% past week

War Thunder currently has about 55× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Lord of the Rings Online — 38,454 vs 704.

Discord members

The Lord of the Rings Online: 24.1kUp 0.1% past week
War Thunder: —

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 24,104 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for War Thunder.

Reddit members

The Lord of the Rings Online: 88.7kUp 0.2% past week
War Thunder: 570kUp 0.1% past week

War Thunder currently has about 6.4× as many subreddit members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 569,997 vs 88,674.

Twitch viewers

The Lord of the Rings Online: 29Down 65% past week
War Thunder: 1.4kDown 97% past week

War Thunder currently has about 49× as many live Twitch viewers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 1,418 vs 29.

YouTube subscribers

The Lord of the Rings Online: 25.5k
War Thunder: 2mUp 0.5% past week

War Thunder currently has about 77× as many YouTube subscribers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 1,960,000 vs 25,500.

How these estimates are made

The Lord of the Rings Online

We estimate that about 19,000 people play The Lord of the Rings Online on a typical day (most likely between 11,000 and 32,000), based on data from Nov 12, 2026. Around 1,800,000 accounts (between 1,200,000 and 2,800,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

War Thunder

We estimate that about 980,000 people play War Thunder on a typical day (most likely between 580,000 and 1,700,000), based on data from Nov 12, 2026. Around 29,000,000 accounts (between 19,000,000 and 44,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate