Head to head

The Lord of the Rings Online vs War Thunder

The Lord of the Rings Online

Live

5k – 17k daily

War Thunder

Live

190k – 680k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2007 · 19 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

5k – 17k

190k – 680k

Estimated players

21.5k1.5%

367.1k

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

The Lord of the Rings OnlineWar Thunder

The Lord of the Rings Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~21k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~20.7k	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~362.3k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~360.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

The Lord of the Rings Online: 1.6kUp 14%
War Thunder: 70.6kUp 0.9%

War Thunder currently has about 45× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Lord of the Rings Online — 70,631 vs 1,567.

Discord members

The Lord of the Rings Online: 23.7kUp 1.4%
War Thunder: —

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 23,678 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for War Thunder.

Reddit members

The Lord of the Rings Online: 86.7kUp 1.2%
War Thunder: 561.7kUp 0.6%

War Thunder currently has about 6.5× as many subreddit members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 561,740 vs 86,722.

Twitch viewers

The Lord of the Rings Online: 179Down 26%
War Thunder: 5.5kUp 174%

War Thunder currently has about 31× as many live Twitch viewers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 5,512 vs 179.

YouTube subscribers

The Lord of the Rings Online: 24.9kUp 0.4%
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 78× as many YouTube subscribers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 1,930,000 vs 24,900.

How these estimates are made

The Lord of the Rings Online

The Lord of the Rings Online is estimated to have 5k – 17k 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.

War Thunder

War Thunder is estimated to have 190k – 680k players a day. Around 8m – 21m 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.