Dota 2 vs AION 2: Player Count Comparison
Dota 2 is currently the bigger game, with 420,376 players in game against 285,985 for AION 2 — about 1.5× as many. Both figures are live from Steam and update daily.
Dota 2
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
| Steam rank | #2 |
|---|---|
| Weekly peak | 826,202 |
| Reviews | Very Positive |
| Price | Free to play |
| Released | 9 Jul, 2013 |
AION 2
AION 2 is the only MMORPG built around a world where the sky is the battlefield. Choose your faction, ascend as a Daeva, and fight a faction war across a world 36 times larger than the original. PC only, on Unreal Engine 5.
| Steam rank | #5 |
|---|---|
| Weekly peak | 397,905 |
| Reviews | Mostly Positive |
| Price | Free to play |
| Released | 5 Oct, 2026 |
Dota 2 player trend
AION 2 player trend
Chart appears once a few days of history have been collected.
Which has more players?
As of October 6, 2026, Dota 2 leads with 420,376 concurrent players (Steam rank #2) while AION 2 has 285,985 (rank #5). Player count measures how busy a game is right now, not how good it is — check the review scores above alongside it.
See both inside the full Steam top 100 chart.