{"id":6243,"date":"2026-10-06T10:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/?p=6243"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:21:00","slug":"guild-wars-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/guild-wars-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Guild Wars 2 Live Player Counter And Statistics 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u200b\u200b<style>\n.cbg-article .meta{text-align:center;color:#555;margin-bottom:14px;font-size:15px;}\n.cbg-article a{color:#1a4fbf;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px solid #d6def0;}\n.cbg-article a:hover{border-bottom-color:#1a4fbf;}\n.cbg-article details{border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;padding:14px 0;}\n.cbg-article details:first-of-type{border-top:1px solid #e5e5e5;}\n.cbg-article summary{cursor:pointer;padding:6px 0;list-style:none;position:relative;padding-right:28px;}\n.cbg-article summary h3{display:inline;font-size:17px;font-weight:500;margin:0;text-align:left;letter-spacing:0;}\n.cbg-article summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none;}\n.cbg-article summary::after{content:'+';position:absolute;right:0;top:6px;font-size:22px;color:#555;}\n.cbg-article details[open] summary::after{content:'\u2212';}\n.cbg-article details p{padding-top:10px;margin-bottom:0;color:#333;}\n.cbg-article summary{transition:color .2s ease;}\n.cbg-article summary:hover{color:#8f1d22;}\n.cbg-article details[open] p{animation:gwfade .25s ease;}\n@keyframes gwfade{from{opacity:0;transform:translateY(-4px)}to{opacity:1;transform:none}}\n.cbg-article .gw-strip{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;border-top:2px solid #8f1d22;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;margin:0 0 30px;}\n.cbg-article .gw-strip div{flex:1 1 140px;padding:16px 10px;text-align:center;border-right:1px solid #efefef;}\n.cbg-article .gw-strip div:last-child{border-right:none;}\n.cbg-article .gw-strip span{display:block;font-size:24px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:-0.01em;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;}\n.cbg-article .gw-strip small{display:block;font-size:13px;color:#666;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px;}\n.cbg-article .gw-live{text-align:center;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;padding:22px 16px;margin:0 0 20px;}\n.cbg-article .gw-live .n{font-size:54px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1px;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;line-height:1.1;}\n.cbg-article .gw-live .l{font-size:14px;color:#555;margin-top:8px;}\n.cbg-article .gw-live .dot{display:inline-block;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:50%;background:#8f1d22;margin-right:7px;vertical-align:middle;}\n.cbg-article .tbl{width:100%;overflow-x:auto;margin:6px 0 6px;}\n.cbg-article table{width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;}\n.cbg-article th,.cbg-article td{border-bottom:1px solid #ececec;padding:10px 8px;text-align:center;}\n.cbg-article th{font-weight:600;border-bottom:2px solid #d9d9d9;}\n.cbg-article .src{font-size:14px;color:#666;margin:6px 0 24px;}\n.cbg-article .chart{position:relative;width:100%;height:320px;margin:8px 0 20px;}\n.cbg-article .chart.sm{height:260px;max-width:420px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}\n.cbg-article .gauge{position:relative;max-width:360px;height:190px;margin:8px auto 18px;}\n.cbg-article .gauge .v{position:absolute;left:0;right:0;bottom:6px;text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:600;}\n@media (max-width:600px){.cbg-article{font-size:16px;padding:16px;}.cbg-article h2{font-size:24px;}.cbg-article .gw-live .n{font-size:42px;}.cbg-article .chart{height:260px;}.cbg-article th,.cbg-article td{padding:8px 5px;}}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"cbg-article\">\n<p>5,035 players were in Guild Wars 2 through Steam at SteamDB&#8217;s October 5, 2026 check, against an all-time Steam peak of 10,875 set on November 9, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This Guild Wars 2 player count page covers the live Steam number, monthly averages since the 2022 Steam launch, NCsoft revenue, Twitch viewers and guildwars2.com visitor data.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Guild Wars 2 Player Count<\/h2>\n<div class=\"gw-strip\">\n<div><span>5,035<\/span><small>Steam players, SteamDB check, Oct 5, 2026<\/small><\/div>\n<div><span>10,875<\/span><small>All-time Steam peak, Nov 9, 2025<\/small><\/div>\n<div><span>4,116.02<\/span><small>Average concurrent players, Sep 2026<\/small><\/div>\n<div><span>KRW 32,625M<\/span><small>Revenue in Q1 2026, NCsoft<\/small><\/div>\n<div><span>88.2%<\/span><small>Positive Steam reviews of 29,885<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Live Guild Wars 2 Player Count on October 5, 2026<\/h2>\n<div class=\"gw-live\">\n<div class=\"n\" id=\"gwCounter\" data-target=\"5035\">0<\/div>\n<div class=\"l\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span>Players in game on Steam at the SteamDB check, October 5, 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SteamDB recorded 5,035 concurrent Steam players and a 24-hour peak of 5,091 on October 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Steam Charts showed 4,151 playing and a 24-hour peak of 5,005 at its own check the same day. Readings from the two trackers differ.<\/p>\n<p>Both counts cover Steam launches only. Players who start the game from ArenaNet&#8217;s standalone client or the Epic Games Store do not appear in them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tbl\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Metric<\/th><th>Steam Players<\/th><th>Date<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Players right now<\/td><td>5,035<\/td><td>October 5, 2026<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>24-hour peak<\/td><td>5,091<\/td><td>October 4 to 5, 2026<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>All-time peak<\/td><td>10,875<\/td><td>November 9, 2025<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: SteamDB, October 5, 2026<\/p>\n\n<h3>Guild Wars 2 Twitch Viewers Today<\/h3>\n<p>Twitch had 471 people watching Guild Wars 2 at the October 5, 2026 SteamDB check, with a 24-hour peak of 1,169. SteamDB lists the all-time Twitch peak at 58,761 viewers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: SteamDB Twitch stats, October 5, 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>10,875 at Once: The Guild Wars 2 Peak Player Count<\/h2>\n<p>SteamDB logged the record of 10,875 concurrent players on November 9, 2025. Visions of Eternity, the game&#8217;s sixth expansion, launched on October 28, 2025, per ArenaNet.<\/p>\n<p>Steam Charts lists a lower all-time peak of 10,846, also in November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The next-highest monthly peak on Steam Charts came in June 2026 at 10,159. ArenaNet revealed Guild Wars 3 at Summer Game Fest on June 5, 2026, that same month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: SteamDB, November 9, 2025; Steam Charts, November 2025 and June 2026; ArenaNet, October 28, 2025<\/p>\n\n<h2>Guild Wars 2 Player Count Over Time, August 2022 to September 2026<\/h2>\n<div class=\"chart\"><canvas id=\"gwHistory\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<p>Guild Wars 2 reached Steam on August 23, 2022, and averaged 4,721.19 concurrent players that month.<\/p>\n<p>The lowest monthly average came in December 2022 at 2,781.13. The highest was 6,212.53 in November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Every month from January 2023 to June 2025 averaged between 2,885.08 and 3,721.82. July 2025 broke that band at 4,495.16. The same tracking method sits behind our <a href=\"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/new-world\/\">New World player count<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: Steam Charts, August 2022 to September 2026; SteamDB release date<\/p>\n\n<h3>Monthly Guild Wars 2 Players, Last 12 Months<\/h3>\n<div class=\"tbl\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Month<\/th><th>Average Players<\/th><th>Peak Players<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>September 2026<\/td><td>4,116.02<\/td><td>7,046<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>August 2026<\/td><td>4,422.60<\/td><td>7,531<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>July 2026<\/td><td>4,986.55<\/td><td>8,869<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>June 2026<\/td><td>5,403.93<\/td><td>10,159<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>May 2026<\/td><td>3,890.31<\/td><td>6,804<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>April 2026<\/td><td>3,966.30<\/td><td>6,821<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>March 2026<\/td><td>4,362.76<\/td><td>8,228<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>February 2026<\/td><td>5,439.46<\/td><td>9,476<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>January 2026<\/td><td>5,459.24<\/td><td>9,873<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>December 2025<\/td><td>5,520.44<\/td><td>9,304<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>November 2025<\/td><td>6,212.53<\/td><td>10,846<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>October 2025<\/td><td>4,890.52<\/td><td>9,524<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: Steam Charts, October 2025 to September 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>Is Guild Wars 2 Losing Players After Visions of Eternity?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tbl\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Month<\/th><th>Average Players<\/th><th>Change vs Prior Month<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>June 2026<\/td><td>5,403.93<\/td><td>+38.91%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>July 2026<\/td><td>4,986.55<\/td><td>-7.72%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>August 2026<\/td><td>4,422.60<\/td><td>-11.31%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>September 2026<\/td><td>4,116.02<\/td><td>-6.93%<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: Steam Charts, June to September 2026<\/p>\n<p>Steam averages have dropped three months in a row since June 2026. September 2026 averaged 4,116.02 players, against 5,097.09 in September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The 30 days to October 5, 2026 averaged 4,053.67, according to Steam Charts.<\/p>\n<p>ArenaNet said in June 2026 that the Visions of Eternity story would wrap in September. The team then plans nearly a year of fixes to older parts of the game, starting with a Hall of Monuments update.<\/p>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: Steam Charts, September 2025 to October 5, 2026; ArenaNet, June 6, 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>NCsoft&#8217;s Guild Wars 2 Revenue, Q2 2025 to Q2 2026<\/h2>\n<p>NCsoft reported KRW 23,689 million in Guild Wars 2 revenue for Q2 2026, down from KRW 32,625 million in Q1 2026. The Q2 2025 figure was KRW 16,353 million.<\/p>\n<p>Massively OP&#8217;s review of the filings called Q1 2026 the game&#8217;s best quarter since 2017. NCsoft folds royalty revenue into each game&#8217;s total. Revenue tracks spending, not player numbers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chart\"><canvas id=\"gwRevenue\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<div class=\"tbl\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Quarter<\/th><th>Guild Wars 2 Revenue (KRW Million)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Q2 2026<\/td><td>23,689<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Q1 2026<\/td><td>32,625<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Q4 2025<\/td><td>30,384<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Q3 2025<\/td><td>19,088<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Q2 2025<\/td><td>16,353<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: NCsoft Q2 2026 Earnings Release, Q2 2025 to Q2 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>Which Countries Send the Most Traffic to guildwars2.com?<\/h2>\n<p>No source publishes Guild Wars 2 player counts by region, North America included. Similarweb&#8217;s estimates split visits to the official website by country, which measures site traffic, not players.<\/p>\n<p>The United States sent 29.69% of guildwars2.com visits in August 2026. Germany followed at 14.09%, and Canada ranked fourth at 6.07%.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chart\"><canvas id=\"gwCountry\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<div class=\"tbl\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Rank<\/th><th>Country<\/th><th>Share of Visits<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>1<\/td><td>United States<\/td><td>29.69%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>2<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><td>14.09%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>3<\/td><td>United Kingdom<\/td><td>6.2%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>4<\/td><td>Canada<\/td><td>6.07%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>5<\/td><td>France<\/td><td>4.9%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>&#8211;<\/td><td>Others<\/td><td>39.05%<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: Similarweb, August 2026<\/p>\n<p>Total visits to guildwars2.com fell 13.07% from July to August 2026, per Similarweb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: Similarweb, July to August 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>Age and Gender of the Guild Wars 2 Audience<\/h2>\n<p>Similarweb estimates 70.14% of guildwars2.com visitors were male and 29.86% female in August 2026. Visitors aged 25 to 34 formed the largest age group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chart sm\"><canvas id=\"gwGender\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<p>These figures describe website visitors, not verified player accounts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: Similarweb, August 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>How Many Players Does Guild Wars 2 Have in Total?<\/h2>\n<p>ArenaNet&#8217;s Steam store description invites users to join more than 16 million players. NCsoft co-CEO Park Byung-moo cited a 30 million playerbase for the whole Guild Wars franchise on the Q2 2026 investor call, as reported by Massively OP.<\/p>\n<p>Owner estimates for the Steam version vary: VG Insights puts it near 895.0k, PlayTracker near 3.11 million and Gamalytic near 3.42 million, as listed on SteamDB.<\/p>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: Steam store page via SteamDB, October 5, 2026; Massively OP, August 11, 2026<\/p>\n\n<h3>Guild Wars 2 Steam Reviews and Store Rank<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gauge\"><canvas id=\"gwGauge\"><\/canvas><div class=\"v\">88.2%<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tbl\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Steam Metric<\/th><th>Value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Total reviews<\/td><td>29,885<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Positive reviews<\/td><td>26,371 (88.2%)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Negative reviews<\/td><td>3,514 (11.8%)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>SteamDB rating<\/td><td>86.52%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Followers<\/td><td>102,713<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Daily active users rank<\/td><td>#378<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Top sellers rank<\/td><td>#428<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: SteamDB, October 5, 2026<\/p>\n<p>SteamDB lists Windows as the only supported system, and Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck. Guild Wars 3 is announced for PC and PlayStation 5, with a beta set for fall 2027.<\/p>\n<p>For another long-running PC MMO tracked the same way, see these <a href=\"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/eve-online\/\">EVE Online player statistics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"src\">Source: SteamDB, October 5, 2026; Game Informer, June 5, 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>FAQs<\/h2>\n<details><summary><h3>How many people are playing Guild Wars 2 right now?<\/h3><\/summary><p>SteamDB counted 5,035 players in Guild Wars 2 on Steam at its October 5, 2026 check, with a 24-hour peak of 5,091. Players using ArenaNet&#8217;s own client are not included.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary><h3>When did Guild Wars 2 have the most players on Steam?<\/h3><\/summary><p>On November 9, 2025, when SteamDB logged 10,875 concurrent players. That was 12 days after the Visions of Eternity expansion launched on October 28, 2025.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary><h3>Is Guild Wars 2 still popular in 2026?<\/h3><\/summary><p>Steam averages fell from 5,403.93 in June 2026 to 4,116.02 in September 2026, per Steam Charts. Both sit above every monthly average from January 2023 to June 2025.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary><h3>How much money does Guild Wars 2 make?<\/h3><\/summary><p>NCsoft reported KRW 23,689 million in Guild Wars 2 revenue for Q2 2026 and KRW 32,625 million for Q1 2026, which Massively OP called the game&#8217;s best quarter since 2017.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary><h3>Can you trust Guild Wars 2 player counts posted on Reddit?<\/h3><\/summary><p>Treat them with caution. ArenaNet and NCsoft publish no total concurrent count, so Reddit estimates beyond Steam data cannot be checked. SteamDB and Steam Charts cover Steam launches only.<\/p><\/details>\n\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1284210\/charts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1284210\/charts\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamcharts.com\/app\/1284210\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">https:\/\/steamcharts.com\/app\/1284210<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.nc.com\/en\/ir\/irArchive\/earningsRelease.do\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">https:\/\/corporate.nc.com\/en\/ir\/irArchive\/earningsRelease.do<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/website\/guildwars2.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/website\/guildwars2.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/chart.js\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore Guild Wars 2 player count and statistics for 2026, including live Steam players, monthly averages and peaks, Twitch viewership, NCsoft revenue, Steam reviews, website traffic, and audience trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-live-player-count"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6247,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6243\/revisions\/6247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}