Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently the more played game: 27,938 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 8,152 for Arma 3 — about 3× more players. Arma 3 counters with better Steam reviews: 90% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, Hunt: Showdown 1896 leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Hunt: Showdown 1896 has had the higher daily player count for the last 53 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
53
Current streak
53 days
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
32%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 53 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Arma 3 | Hunt: Showdown 1896 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,152 | 27,938 |
| 24-hour peak | 13,465 | 28,708 |
| 7-day average | 6,695 | 15,778 |
| 30-day average | 7,142 | 16,846 |
| 30-day trend | +8% | −4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,375 | 42,690 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 67% positive |
| Total reviews | 294,155 | 275,582 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 11, 2013 | Aug 26, 2019 |
| Price | $29.99 | $29.99 |
Full stats: Arma 3 · Hunt: Showdown 1896 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Arma 3 | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 6,428 | 8,017 | 10,496 | 13,611 |
| May 2026 | 8,689 | 9,376 | 16,260 | 31,426 |
| Jun 2026 | 6,979 | 14,375 | 17,803 | 42,690 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 6,888 | 13,465 | 16,312 | 33,550 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Hunt: Showdown 1896 currently has more players: 27,938 concurrent players on Steam vs 8,152 for Arma 3 — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Arma 3 averaged 7,142 concurrent players and Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 16,846. By that measure Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Hunt: Showdown 1896 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 53 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Arma 3 rates higher: 90% positive across 294,155 reviews vs 74% across 275,582 for Hunt: Showdown 1896. Hunt: Showdown 1896 has the larger player base right now (27,938 vs 8,152 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Arma 3 averaged 7,142 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 8% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,375.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 16,846 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,690.