LiveApril 2004 · 22 years ago

City of Heroes

2.6kestimated players2.0% this week

62 – 29k 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 62 – 29k players a day. Around 29k – 3m 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

62 – 29 thousand

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

Estimated total players

29 thousand – 2.8 million

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

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~2.6k	Up 0.6%
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

26kUp 0.6% past month

The City of Heroes subreddit counts 25,990 members. Subreddit membership has held steady over the past month.

Twitch viewers

1 live streams

19Down 47% past month

City of Heroes recently drew 19 live viewers on Twitch across 1 streams; viewership peaked at 322 on Sep 13, 2026. Twitch viewership is down 47% over the past month.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play City of Heroes?

City of Heroes has an estimated 62–29,000 daily players and roughly 29,000–2,800,000 accounts that have played it in total, as of September 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.