LiveApril 2004 · 22 years ago

City of Heroes

2.6kestimated players2.2% this week

130 – 62k daily players

City of Heroes was a superhero based MMORPG that ran from April 2004 to November 2012. In April 2019, source code capable of running a City of Heroes server was distributed widely. This made it possible to create City of Heroes servers outside the direct purview of NCSoft and revived interest in the game, which by then had been out of development for more than six years. As of January 2024, NCSoft has not moved to have servers based on this source code shut down. On January 4, 2024, NCSoft officially granted Homecoming Servers LLC who operated the rogue server Homecoming: City of Heroes an official license to host the game.

City of Heroes is estimated to have 130 – 62k players a day. Around 39k – 4m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

Player stats

Estimated daily players

130 – 62 thousand

How many people we think play City of Heroes on a given day.

Estimated total players

39 thousand – 3.8 million

How many accounts we think have played City of Heroes at some point.

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2.6k	Up 0.3%
July 2026	~2.6k	—

Community activity

Daily City of Heroes community data tracked across Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube.

Reddit members

25.9kUp 0.5% past month

The City of Heroes subreddit counts 25,891 members. Subreddit membership has held steady over the past month.

Twitch viewers

2 live streams

45Up 61% past month

City of Heroes recently drew 45 live viewers on Twitch across 2 streams; viewership peaked at 305 on Aug 30, 2026. Twitch viewership is up 61% over the past month.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play City of Heroes?

City of Heroes has an estimated 130–62,000 daily players and roughly 39,000–3,800,000 accounts that have played it in total, as of August 2026. The range is modelled from the size of the game’s Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities rather than measured, so treat it as a rough band.