Head to head

War Dust vs War Thunder

War Dust

Live

3 – 9 daily

War Thunder

Live

170k – 590k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2020 · 6 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

3 – 9

170k – 590k

Estimated players

8763.8%

359.3k

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

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Perspectives

Virtual Reality

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

War DustWar Thunder

War Dust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~865	Up 19%
July 2026	~729	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~361k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~360.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

War Dust: 1Down 50%
War Thunder: 71.1kUp 1.3%

War Thunder currently has about 71148× as many peak concurrent Steam players as War Dust — 71,148 vs 1.

Discord members

War Dust: 2.9kDown 0.4%
War Thunder: —

War Dust currently has 2,902 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for War Thunder.

Reddit members

War Dust: —
War Thunder: 560.7kUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has 560,725 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for War Dust.

Twitch viewers

War Dust: —
War Thunder: 1.6kDown 29%

War Thunder currently has 1,592 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for War Dust.

YouTube subscribers

War Dust: —
War Thunder: 1.9m

War Thunder currently has 1,920,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for War Dust.

How these estimates are made

War Dust

War Dust is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 42k – 110k 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 170k – 590k 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.