How many people play Shroud of the Avatar?

This page does not estimate a player base. It counts people who left a record — every distinct character name that shows up killing monsters, fighting other players, or on a vendor receipt shared through the Vendor Tool. Treat every figure as a floor: the real number of people playing is higher.

Players who keep their stats private are recorded only as Anonymous — a single name standing for many people — so they are excluded from these counts entirely rather than guessed at. Help make this page more accurate by showing your name in stats in-game.

Latest month133unique characters recorded in 2026-08

Distinct characters ever9,885names seen at least once, across all 89 months

Unique characters recorded each month

Every month counted on its own: the distinct character names seen hunting, fighting or trading in that month. A character doing several of those counts once; a character active across many months counts in each of them.

Month by month (89 months)

Month	Hunters	PvPers	Sellers	Buyers	Total unique characters
2026-08	108	8	23	29	133
2026-07	157	20	62	117	232
2026-06	134	13	52	95	197
2026-05	130	21	45	95	189
2026-04	137	28	44	85	191
2026-03	136	21	44	97	202
2026-02	148	23	50	94	217
2026-01	144	27	52	93	203
2025-12	153	24	57	84	219
2025-11	99	15	60	110	192
2025-10	120	20	51	100	212
2025-09	144	12	49	101	237
2025-08	136	12	38	121	236
2025-07	128	7	37	98	212
2025-06	130	19	45	109	221
2025-05	132	15	52	146	243
2025-04	151	13	58	148	273
2025-03	164	16	65	150	283
2025-02	162	17	55	143	285
2025-01	177	11	68	141	293
2024-12	168	15	58	147	292
2024-11	166	21	78	121	278
2024-10	161	21	68	139	278
2024-09	166	24	83	135	285
2024-08	170	21	71	140	294
2024-07	192	32	80	175	338
2024-06	187	18	76	152	324
2024-05	190	22	83	186	340
2024-04	190	32	96	196	353
2024-03	209	22	89	187	354
2024-02	186	20	70	140	314
2024-01	225	27	72	181	372
2023-12	215	31	66	162	344
2023-11	199	33	75	148	328
2023-10	181	37	69	118	294
2023-09	202	33	84	165	339
2023-08	199	13	84	136	318
2023-07	228	25	78	172	362
2023-06	220	35	70	147	341
2023-05	258	19	82	166	390
2023-04	273	39	92	174	420
2023-03	262	48	82	204	419
2023-02	268	49	87	188	422
2023-01	284	54	89	180	441
2022-12	263	37	78	155	386
2022-11	251	40	87	178	397
2022-10	253	40	76	185	408
2022-09	237	48	80	145	372
2022-08	263	30	86	159	397
2022-07	257	28	72	162	384
2022-06	284	27	69	156	413
2022-05	328	51	90	184	476
2022-04	341	59	81	176	486
2022-03	309	53	70	161	432
2022-02	341	45	69	195	507
2022-01	359	58	107	213	545
2021-12	362	42	104	206	541
2021-11	332	70	106	234	547
2021-10	301	45	78	176	437
2021-09	333	34	96	208	515
2021-08	343	49	122	177	514
2021-07	373	61	99	165	519
2021-06	364	65	90	174	520
2021-05	422	71	110	198	606
2021-04	410	83	117	188	582
2021-03	417	65	125	218	617
2021-02	428	68	113	217	605
2021-01	434	55	157	342	718
2020-12	450	72	180	423	779
2020-11	419	63	184	475	780
2020-10	179	5	203	506	628
2020-09	459	50	216	532	851
2020-08	539	73	249	603	998
2020-07	493	95	247	635	998
2020-06	478	80	234	614	970
2020-05	582	94	269	739	1,149
2020-04	630	93	282	788	1,208
2020-03	621	113	317	777	1,226
2020-02	584	79	290	751	1,179
2020-01	562	101	307	781	1,174
2019-12	579	121	268	649	1,058
2019-11	649	117	300	716	1,179
2019-10	663	103	314	763	1,220
2019-09	674	119	299	821	1,252
2019-08	753	122	322	934	1,414
2019-07	761	142	320	1,045	1,521
2019-06	1,377	156	332	1,025	1,868
2019-05	727	190	382	1,091	1,660
2019-04	82	9	334	1,017	1,116

Total unique characters counts each month on its own: every distinct character name recorded that month, whether it turned up hunting, fighting or trading. It is the distinct union of the four columns before it, so it is smaller than their sum wherever one character did more than one of those. A character active for years is counted once in every month it appears. Reporting starts 2019-04, the first month covered by the game log archive. Receipts go back further, to 5/25/2017, but on their own they would only show trading. The archive currently runs to 8/10/2026 and receipts to 8/10/2026, so the most recent month is partial.