What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.

| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 2 Nov, 18:27 UTC | 142 |
| 1 Nov, 18:22 UTC | 148 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchDecember 2015 | 252 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onMarch 2016 | 49 | 20% | About average (better than 39% of 9,258 other games) |
| 12 months onDecember 2016 | 59 | 23% | About average (better than 58% of 7,793 other games) |
Total Annihilation kept 20% of the average players it had at its launch in December 2015 after 3 months and 23% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 145 | +38 | +34.8% | 148 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 19 Oct) | 108 | +14 | +15.3% | 146 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 93 | −4 | −4.3% | 159 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 98 | +4 | +4.6% | 165 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 93 | −1 | −1.2% | 160 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 94 | −2 | −2.6% | 168 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 97 | −3 | −2.6% | 162 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 100 | −1 | −1.2% | 181 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 101 | −2 | −1.9% | 172 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 103 | +4 | +4.4% | 196 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 98 | +4 | +4% | 185 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 95 | +1 | +0.5% | 173 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 94 | +4 | +4.8% | 155 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 90 | −3 | −3.5% | 162 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 93 | 0 | −0.5% | 157 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 94 | +3 | +3.5% | 160 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 90 | −1 | −1.7% | 153 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 92 | −1 | −1.2% | 155 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 93 | −6 | −5.9% | 164 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 99 | −10 | −8.8% | 178 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 109 | +2 | +1.5% | 205 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 107 | +4 | +4.1% | 212 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 103 | +1 | +1.3% | 179 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 101 | +10 | +10.7% | 182 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 92 | 0 | +0.3% | 154 |
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 91 | −6 | −5.9% | 161 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 97 | +2 | +2.2% | 160 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 95 | +3 | +2.8% | 165 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 92 | −4 | −4% | 161 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 96 | −1 | −0.9% | 154 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 97 | +2 | +2.1% | 152 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 95 | −10 | −9.3% | 172 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 105 | −5 | −4.8% | 185 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 110 | +5 | +4.4% | 206 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 105 | +9 | +9.4% | 191 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 96 | +4 | +4.3% | 187 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 92 | −1 | −0.9% | 160 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 93 | +4 | +4.1% | 153 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | −4 | −4.4% | 143 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 94 | +8 | +9.8% | 170 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 85 | +2 | +2.4% | 155 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 83 | 0 | +0.2% | 134 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 83 | −12 | −12.7% | 149 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 95 | 0 | +0.4% | 164 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 95 | −3 | −3.2% | 166 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 98 | −6 | −5.9% | 183 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 104 | +7 | +7.5% | 194 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 97 | +12 | +14.6% | 174 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 85 | 0 | +0.1% | 150 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 84 | +4 | +4.9% | 151 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 80 | −7 | −8.2% | 149 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 88 | 0 | +0.2% | 140 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 87 | +7 | +8.1% | 160 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 81 | −4 | −5.2% | 143 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 85 | −4 | −4.2% | 147 |
| April 2022Apr 2022 | 89 | −10 | −9.8% | 175 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 99 | −8 | −7.9% | 169 |
| February 2022Feb 2022 | 107 | +4 | +3.7% | 189 |
| January 2022Jan 2022 | 103 | +5 | +5.2% | 193 |
| December 2021Dec 2021 | 98 | +6 | +5.9% | 173 |
| November 2021Nov 2021 | 93 | +5 | +6.1% | 161 |
| October 2021Oct 2021 | 87 | +1 | +0.5% | 148 |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 87 | −1 | −0.9% | 154 |
| August 2021Aug 2021 | 88 | +9 | +10.7% | 140 |
| July 2021Jul 2021 | 79 | +1 | +1.4% | 124 |
| June 2021Jun 2021 | 78 | −9 | −10.6% | 131 |
| May 2021May 2021 | 87 | −5 | −5.8% | 154 |
| April 2021Apr 2021 | 93 | −8 | −8% | 165 |
| March 2021Mar 2021 | 101 | −5 | −4.8% | 176 |
| February 2021Feb 2021 | 106 | −1 | −0.7% | 199 |
| January 2021Jan 2021 | 107 | +4 | +4.1% | 187 |
| December 2020Dec 2020 | 103 | −2 | −2.2% | 175 |
| November 2020Nov 2020 | 105 | +6 | +6.1% | 183 |
| October 2020Oct 2020 | 99 | +6 | +6.5% | 175 |
| September 2020Sept 2020 | 93 | −5 | −4.7% | 146 |
| August 2020Aug 2020 | 97 | −1 | −0.6% | 176 |
| July 2020Jul 2020 | 98 | −4 | −3.8% | 172 |
| June 2020Jun 2020 | 102 | −6 | −5.5% | 176 |
| May 2020May 2020 | 108 | −18 | −14.4% | 185 |
| April 2020Apr 2020 | 126 | +26 | +26.2% | 222 |
| March 2020Mar 2020 | 100 | +17 | +20% | 220 |
| February 2020Feb 2020 | 83 | −6 | −6.6% | 150 |
| January 2020Jan 2020 | 89 | +7 | +8.5% | 160 |
| December 2019Dec 2019 | 82 | +8 | +10.3% | 147 |
| November 2019Nov 2019 | 74 | +12 | +18.5% | 131 |
| October 2019Oct 2019 | 63 | −2 | −2.5% | 114 |
| September 2019Sept 2019 | 64 | 0 | −0.2% | 116 |
| August 2019Aug 2019 | 64 | −7 | −10.1% | 114 |
| July 2019Jul 2019 | 72 | +8 | +12.7% | 130 |
| June 2019Jun 2019 | 64 | +2 | +3.4% | 106 |
| May 2019May 2019 | 62 | +5 | +9.2% | 118 |
| April 2019Apr 2019 | 56 | −4 | −7.4% | 109 |
| March 2019Mar 2019 | 61 | −7 | −9.9% | 120 |
| February 2019Feb 2019 | 68 | −6 | −7.9% | 128 |
| January 2019Jan 2019 | 73 | +5 | +6.5% | 149 |
| December 2018Dec 2018 | 69 | +3 | +4.4% | 135 |
| November 2018Nov 2018 | 66 | +7 | +11.2% | 123 |
| October 2018Oct 2018 | 59 | +5 | +9.1% | 111 |
| September 2018Sept 2018 | 54 | +1 | +0.9% | 103 |
| August 2018Aug 2018 | 54 | −4 | −7.1% | 100 |
| July 2018Jul 2018 | 58 | 0 | −0.3% | 106 |
| June 2018Jun 2018 | 58 | +6 | +10.5% | 118 |
| May 2018May 2018 | 53 | −2 | −3.3% | 94 |
| April 2018Apr 2018 | 54 | −2 | −3.2% | 101 |
| March 2018Mar 2018 | 56 | +1 | +1.8% | 109 |
| February 2018Feb 2018 | 55 | +1 | +1.6% | 103 |
| January 2018Jan 2018 | 54 | +8 | +16.5% | 106 |
| December 2017Dec 2017 | 47 | +6 | +15.7% | 99 |
| November 2017Nov 2017 | 40 | −1 | −2% | 88 |
| October 2017Oct 2017 | 41 | +2 | +5.3% | 86 |
| September 2017Sept 2017 | 39 | −1 | −2.8% | 91 |
| August 2017Aug 2017 | 40 | −4 | −9.8% | 78 |
| July 2017Jul 2017 | 45 | −5 | −9.9% | 84 |
| June 2017Jun 2017 | 50 | −4 | −7.9% | 90 |
| May 2017May 2017 | 54 | −1 | −2% | 102 |
| April 2017Apr 2017 | 55 | +3 | +5.4% | 106 |
| March 2017Mar 2017 | 52 | −4 | −7.7% | 116 |
| February 2017Feb 2017 | 56 | −14 | −20.4% | 112 |
| January 2017Jan 2017 | 71 | +12 | +20.7% | 151 |
| December 2016Dec 2016 | 59 | +13 | +29.2% | 141 |
| November 2016Nov 2016 | 45 | −5 | −9.3% | 103 |
| October 2016Oct 2016 | 50 | +10 | +24% | 103 |
| September 2016Sept 2016 | 40 | −1 | −1.4% | 82 |
| August 2016Aug 2016 | 41 | −11 | −21.2% | 82 |
| July 2016Jul 2016 | 52 | +5 | +11.6% | 117 |
| June 2016Jun 2016 | 47 | +4 | +9.6% | 121 |
| May 2016May 2016 | 43 | −1 | −1.8% | 91 |
| April 2016Apr 2016 | 43 | −6 | −11.9% | 90 |
| March 2016Mar 2016 | 49 | −7 | −12.6% | 101 |
| February 2016Feb 2016 | 56 | −32 | −36.6% | 125 |
| January 2016Jan 2016 | 89 | −164 | −64.9% | 226 |
| December 2015Dec 2015 | 252 | — | — | 609 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.