Head to head

Riders of Icarus vs War Thunder

Riders of Icarus

Live

5 – 18 daily

War Thunder

Live

230k – 790k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2016 · 10 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

5 – 18

230k – 790k

Estimated players

1.7k0.2%

375.1k0.9%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Riders of IcarusWar Thunder

Riders of Icarus

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.7k	Up 0.1%
September 2026	~1.7k
August 2026	~1.7k
July 2026	~1.7k	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~371.6k	Up 0.8%
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

Riders of Icarus: 0Down 100%
War Thunder: 78.5kDown 22%

Riders of Icarus currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while War Thunder has 78,528.

Reddit members

Riders of Icarus: 1.7kUp 0.5%
War Thunder: 566.2kUp 0.7%

War Thunder currently has about 343× as many subreddit members as Riders of Icarus — 566,181 vs 1,652.

Twitch viewers

Riders of Icarus: 0Down 100%
War Thunder: 1.5kDown 93%

Riders of Icarus currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while War Thunder has 1,484.

YouTube subscribers

Riders of Icarus: 4.3k
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 446× as many YouTube subscribers as Riders of Icarus — 1,940,000 vs 4,350.

How these estimates are made

Riders of Icarus

Riders of Icarus is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 210k – 540k 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 230k – 790k 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.