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Albion Online vs Lost Ark
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Free To Play / Massively Multiplayer games.
Lost Ark is currently the more played game: 9,337 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 9,295 for Albion Online, a similar number of players. Albion Online has been ahead for 62 days straight. Albion Online counters with better Steam reviews: 78% positive vs 70%. Across all tracked metrics, Albion Online leads 7 of 10.
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
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Coilr members average 144h in Albion Online and 82.6h in Lost Ark. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Albion Online
144h
average of 29 members
Lost Ark
82.6h
average of 42 members
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Player count history
Albion OnlineLost Ark
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
Albion Online has had the higher daily player count for the last 62 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Albion Online led 62 daysLost Ark led 0 days
Days tracked
62
Current streak
62 days
Albion Online
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
11%
Aug 13, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 62 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Albion Online | Lost Ark |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 9,295 | 9,337 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,359 | 9,337 |
| 7-day average | 7,666 | 4,452 |
| 30-day average | 7,865 | 4,695 |
| 30-day trend | +4% | −12% |
| Peak (tracked) | 12,359 | 11,760 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 70% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 76% positive | 52% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,733 | 203,182 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | May 16, 2018 | Feb 11, 2022 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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Players by month
| Month | Albion Online | Lost Ark | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 5,030 | 5,030 |
| May 2026 | 9,411 | 9,411 | 8,418 | 8,622 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 5,967 | 11,760 |
| Jul 2026 | 7,645 | 11,286 | 5,597 | 11,276 |
| Aug 2026 | 7,605 | 12,286 | 5,060 | 9,292 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 8,007 | 12,359 | 4,568 | 9,337 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Albion Online or Lost Ark?
Lost Ark currently has more players: 9,337 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,295 for Albion Online, a similar number of players.
Is Albion Online bigger than Lost Ark on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Albion Online averaged 7,865 concurrent players and Lost Ark averaged 4,695. By that measure Albion Online is currently the bigger game.
Has Lost Ark ever had more players than Albion Online?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Albion Online has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 62 days both games have been tracked.
Is Albion Online better than Lost Ark?
By Steam review score, Albion Online rates higher: 78% positive across 93,733 reviews vs 70% across 203,182 for Lost Ark. Lost Ark has the larger player base right now (9,337 vs 9,295 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Albion Online growing or declining on Steam?
Albion Online averaged 7,865 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 12,359.
Is Lost Ark growing or declining on Steam?
Lost Ark averaged 4,695 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 11,760.