Head to head

Eve Online vs War Thunder

Eve Online

Live

12k – 42k daily

War Thunder

Live

200k – 690k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

12k – 42k

200k – 690k

Estimated players

67.5k0.4%

369.1k1.8%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineWar Thunder

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~67.7k	Down 0.4%
September 2026	~67.9k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~370.9k	Up 0.6%
September 2026	~368.7k	Up 1.8%
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

Eve Online: 5kDown 14%
War Thunder: 75.1kDown 19%

War Thunder currently has about 15× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Eve Online — 75,051 vs 4,982.

Discord members

Eve Online: 52.2kUp 1.8%
War Thunder: —

Eve Online currently has 52,155 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for War Thunder.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 223.8kUp 0.6%
War Thunder: 566.3kUp 0.7%

War Thunder currently has about 2.5× as many subreddit members as Eve Online — 566,291 vs 223,798.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 2.8kDown 62%
War Thunder: 1.3kDown 94%

Eve Online currently has about 2.2× as many live Twitch viewers as War Thunder — 2,756 vs 1,262.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 233kUp 1.7%
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 8.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Eve Online — 1,940,000 vs 233,000.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 12k – 42k players a day. Around 640k – 2m 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 200k – 690k 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.