Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Indie games.
Escape the Backrooms is currently the more played game: 4,931 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 2,996 for Aimlabs — about 1.6× more players. Aimlabs is free to play, while Escape the Backrooms costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Escape the Backrooms leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Escape the Backrooms has had the higher daily player count for the last 14 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
14
Current streak
14 days
Escape the Backrooms
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
35%
Jul 20, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 14 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Aimlabs | Escape the Backrooms |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 2,996 | 4,931 |
| 24-hour peak | 7,196 | 13,083 |
| 7-day average | 4,799 | 7,653 |
| 30-day average | 4,955 | 7,653 |
| 30-day trend | +6% | −37% |
| Peak (tracked) | 9,497 | 25,652 |
| Steam reviews | 91% positive | 90% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 79% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 136,149 | 155,759 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 15, 2023 | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Price | Free to play | $9.99 |
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| Month | Aimlabs | Escape the Backrooms | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 4,337 | 7,193 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 4,858 | 9,497 | 12,067 | 25,652 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 4,848 | 7,507 | 7,627 | 14,079 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Escape the Backrooms currently has more players: 4,931 concurrent players on Steam vs 2,996 for Aimlabs — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Aimlabs averaged 4,955 concurrent players and Escape the Backrooms averaged 7,653. By that measure Escape the Backrooms is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Escape the Backrooms has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 14 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Aimlabs rates higher: 91% positive across 136,149 reviews vs 90% across 155,759 for Escape the Backrooms. Escape the Backrooms has the larger player base right now (4,931 vs 2,996 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Aimlabs averaged 4,955 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 9,497.
Escape the Backrooms averaged 7,653 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 37% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 25,652.