Shipping Lanes vs Merge a Black Hole
Merge a Black Hole currently leads with 1,417 concurrent players against 735, a 1.9× advantage. On all-time peak the record belongs to Merge a Black Hole at 2,662 concurrent players, versus 929. Lifetime, Shipping Lanes has more visits (60.2M vs 12.8M). Full side-by-side history for Shipping Lanes and Merge a Black Hole is charted above.
Shipping Lanes
735
playing now
914 24h peak · 60.2M visits
VS
Merge a Black Hole
1,417
playing now
1,951 24h peak · 12.8M visits
Player count history
Shipping LanesMerge a Black Hole
Head to head
| Metric | Shipping Lanes | Merge a Black Hole | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing now | 735 | 1,417 | 682 (1.9×) |
| 24h peak | 914 | 1,951 | 1,037 (2.1×) |
| 24h average | 712 | 1,484 | 772 (2.1×) |
| 7-day peak | 914 | 2,662 | 1,748 (2.9×) |
| 7-day average | 601 | 1,566 | 965 (2.6×) |
| 30-day peak | 914 | 2,662 | 1,748 (2.9×) |
| All-time peak | 929 | 2,662 | 1,733 (2.9×) |
| 24h change | ▲ 10.9% | ▼ 7.5% | — |
| 7d change | — | — | — |
| Total visits | 60.2M | 12.8M | 47.4M (4.7×) |
| Visits (24h) | 40.9K | 146.9K | 106K (3.6×) |
| Visits (7d) | 166.6K | 696.4K | 529.8K (4.2×) |
| Favorites | 359.7K | 41.1K | 318.6K (8.8×) |
| Rating | 89.0% | 94.7% | — |
| Global rank (players) | #1,541 | #1,101 | of 5,050 |
| Trending score | 50.7 | -16.4 | — |
| Created | May 5, 2015 | Jun 11, 2026 | — |
| Genre | Simulation | Simulation | — |
Other comparisons
Both games are sampled on the same schedule and plotted on a shared time axis, so the comparison is like for like. Peaks, averages and growth come from RoVitals's own recorded history — 6 days for Shipping Lanes, 6 for Merge a Black Hole.