What is the current player count for The Elder Scrolls Online?
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Q.What is the current player count for The Elder Scrolls Online?
A.ESO has publicized about 26 million registered players as of April 2025. Steam activity varies, with concurrent players in the low-to-mid thousands on snapshots, and an all-time peak well above that.
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The Elder Scrolls Online currently has roughly 26 million registered players, a figure publicized around April 2025 during the game's 2025 Direct and echoed by outlets like Windows Central and Statista. This places ESO among the most successful live-service RPGs in recent years. Windows Central coverage Statista data.
On Steam, concurrent players are much lower in any given moment—snapshots in late 2025 show figures in the single-digit to low double-digit thousands (e.g., 7,914 and 13,210, depending on the date). The all-time Steam peak for ESO sits well above these daily figures, at 49,061 concurrent players in April 2020. For these numbers, see the Steam charts and live-count aggregators: Steambase Steam charts and Live-Player-Count ESO charts.
Beyond raw headcount, ESO remains active in 2025 with major content plans like Seasons of the Worm Cult and the 2025 Content Pass, as discussed in the ESO Direct coverage. The game’s creators note that the Worm Cult storyline is a key focus this year, reinforcing that ESO’s player base continues to grow and engage with the evolving world. Windows Central ESO Direct coverage.
