Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
7 Days to Die is currently the more played game: 19,808 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 9,508 for Valheim — about 2.1× more players. Valheim counters with better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 87%. Valheim is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, 7 Days to Die leads 6 of 9.
Coilr tracks charts like this for every game — and playtime history for your own library.
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
7 Days to Die has had the higher daily player count for the last 55 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
55
Current streak
55 days
7 Days to Die
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
15%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 55 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | 7 Days to Die | Valheim |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 19,808 | 9,508 |
| 24-hour peak | 40,184 | 28,179 |
| 7-day average | 31,766 | 17,939 |
| 30-day average | 34,109 | 17,380 |
| 30-day trend | +53% | +13% |
| Peak (tracked) | 64,867 | 34,101 |
| Steam reviews | 87% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 79% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 403,269 | 537,875 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jul 24, 2024 | Feb 1, 2021 |
| Price | $44.99 | $9.99 (−50%) |
Full stats: 7 Days to Die · Valheim · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | 7 Days to Die | Valheim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 16,644 | 19,638 |
| May 2026 | 21,142 | 32,382 | 16,227 | 27,833 |
| Jun 2026 | 25,319 | 51,907 | 15,601 | 31,394 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 35,355 | 64,867 | 17,852 | 34,101 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
7 Days to Die currently has more players: 19,808 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,508 for Valheim — about 2.1× more players.
Over the last 30 days 7 Days to Die averaged 34,109 concurrent players and Valheim averaged 17,380. By that measure 7 Days to Die is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: 7 Days to Die has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 55 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Valheim rates higher: 94% positive across 537,875 reviews vs 87% across 403,269 for 7 Days to Die. 7 Days to Die has the larger player base right now (19,808 vs 9,508 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
7 Days to Die averaged 34,109 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 53% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 64,867.
Valheim averaged 17,380 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 34,101.