Head to head

The Secret World vs VRChat

The Secret World

Live

150 – 520 daily

VRChat

Live

150k – 520k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2012 · 14 years ago

February 2017 · 10 years ago

Daily players

150 – 520

150k – 520k

Estimated players

19.7k

217.4k2.5%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

The Secret WorldVRChat

The Secret World

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~19.7k	Up 1.5%
July 2026	~19.4k	—

VRChat

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~219.4k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~218k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

The Secret World: 42Down 32%
VRChat: 59kDown 5.1%

VRChat currently has about 1405× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Secret World — 59,000 vs 42.

Reddit members

The Secret World: 7.7k
VRChat: 238.4kUp 0.2%

VRChat currently has about 31× as many subreddit members as The Secret World — 238,427 vs 7,655.

Twitch viewers

The Secret World: 0
VRChat: 7.1kDown 9.7%

The Secret World currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while VRChat has 7,060.

YouTube subscribers

The Secret World: 180k
VRChat: 128kUp 0.8%

The Secret World currently has about 1.4× as many YouTube subscribers as VRChat — 180,000 vs 128,000.

Discord members

The Secret World: —
VRChat: 412.9kUp 0.3%

VRChat currently has 412,944 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Secret World.

How these estimates are made

The Secret World

The Secret World is estimated to have 150 – 520 players a day. Around 190k – 480k 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.

VRChat

VRChat is estimated to have 150k – 520k players a day. Around 3m – 8m 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.