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Albion Online vs Unturned
Unturned is the more played game right now: 9,832 players on Steam against 8,659 for Albion Online, a similar number of players. Unturned has been ahead for 95 days straight.
Unturned also has the better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 78%. Across all tracked metrics, Unturned leads 10 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Albion Online is read every 30 minutes, Unturned every 10 minutes. Both are Free To Play games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 154h in Albion Online and 24.3h in Unturned. 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
154h
average of 46 members
Unturned
24.3h
average of 171 members
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Albion Online
8,119Unturned
11,309Daily averages · latest day · Unturned, 39% ahead of Albion Online
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Albion Online is read every 30 minutes, Unturned every 10 minutes · methodology
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.
Head-to-head record
Unturned has had the higher daily player count for the last 95 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Albion Online led 0 daysUnturned led 95 days
- Days tracked
- 95
- Current streak
- 95 days
- Unturned
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 19%
- May 19, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 95 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Albion Online | Unturned |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,659 | 9,832 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,710 | 13,769 |
| 7-day average | 6,842 | 11,614 |
| 30-day average | 6,889 | 12,272 |
| 30-day trend | −12% | −12% |
| Peak (tracked) | 12,286 | 23,394 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 72% positive | 86% positive |
| Total reviews | 94,342 | 564,875 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | May 16, 2018 | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Albion Online | Unturned | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 10,905 | 10,905 |
| May 2026 | 9,411 | 9,411 | 14,551 | 23,394 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 13,057 | 18,304 |
| Jul 2026 | 7,645 | 11,286 | 13,058 | 17,141 |
| Aug 2026 | 7,606 | 12,286 | 14,521 | 21,722 |
| Sep 2026 | 7,552 | 12,249 | 13,167 | 17,952 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 6,786 | 11,126 | 11,776 | 17,442 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Albion Online or Unturned?
Unturned currently has more players: 9,832 concurrent players on Steam vs 8,659 for Albion Online, a similar number of players.
Is Albion Online bigger than Unturned on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Albion Online averaged 6,889 concurrent players and Unturned averaged 12,272. By that measure Unturned is currently the bigger game.
Has Albion Online ever had more players than Unturned?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Unturned has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 95 days both games have been tracked.
Is Albion Online better than Unturned?
By Steam review score, Unturned rates higher: 91% positive across 564,875 reviews vs 78% across 94,342 for Albion Online. Unturned has the larger player base right now (9,832 vs 8,659 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Albion Online growing or declining on Steam?
Albion Online averaged 6,889 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 12,286.
Is Unturned growing or declining on Steam?
Unturned averaged 12,272 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 23,394.
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