Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie games.
Balatro is currently the more played game: 8,385 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 5,265 for Gamble With Your Friends — about 1.6× more players. Balatro also has the better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 90%. Across all tracked metrics, Balatro leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Balatro has had the higher daily player count for the last 31 days — Gamble With Your Friends last led on Jun 16, 2026.
Days tracked
51
Current streak
31 days
Balatro
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
1%
Jun 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 51 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Balatro | Gamble With Your Friends |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,385 | 5,265 |
| 24-hour peak | 8,693 | 6,646 |
| 7-day average | 7,522 | 4,271 |
| 30-day average | 7,302 | 5,549 |
| 30-day trend | +3% | −38% |
| Peak (tracked) | 9,579 | 15,189 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 90% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 89% positive |
| Total reviews | 194,628 | 15,998 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | — |
| Release date | Feb 19, 2024 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Price | $14.99 | $7.99 |
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| Month | Balatro | Gamble With Your Friends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 7,566 | 9,340 | 9,247 | 14,738 |
| Jun 2026 | 7,005 | 9,289 | 7,529 | 15,189 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,534 | 9,579 | 5,355 | 9,977 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Balatro currently has more players: 8,385 concurrent players on Steam vs 5,265 for Gamble With Your Friends — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Balatro averaged 7,302 concurrent players and Gamble With Your Friends averaged 5,549. By that measure Balatro is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 51 days Coilr has tracked both games, Gamble With Your Friends had the higher daily average on 20 days, most recently on Jun 16, 2026. Balatro has led for the last 31 days.
By Steam review score, Balatro rates higher: 98% positive across 194,628 reviews vs 90% across 15,998 for Gamble With Your Friends. Balatro has the larger player base right now (8,385 vs 5,265 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Balatro averaged 7,302 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 9,579.
Gamble With Your Friends averaged 5,549 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 38% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 15,189.