Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie games.
Balatro is currently the more played game: 6,586 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 4,988 for Grim Dawn — about 32% more players. Balatro also has the better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 94%. Grim Dawn is currently 80% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Balatro leads 8 of 10.
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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 47 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
47
Current streak
47 days
Balatro
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
29%
Jul 12, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 47 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Balatro | Grim Dawn |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 6,586 | 4,988 |
| 24-hour peak | 8,677 | 5,975 |
| 7-day average | 7,544 | 4,672 |
| 30-day average | 7,269 | 3,744 |
| 30-day trend | +2% | +19% |
| Peak (tracked) | 9,579 | 7,534 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 194,628 | 106,682 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 19, 2024 | Feb 24, 2016 |
| Price | $14.99 | $4.99 (−80%) |
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| Month | Balatro | Grim Dawn | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 7,566 | 9,340 | 2,842 | 2,912 |
| Jun 2026 | 7,003 | 9,289 | 3,059 | 6,107 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,523 | 9,579 | 4,478 | 7,534 |
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: 6,586 concurrent players on Steam vs 4,988 for Grim Dawn — about 32% more players.
Over the last 30 days Balatro averaged 7,269 concurrent players and Grim Dawn averaged 3,744. By that measure Balatro is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Balatro has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 47 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Balatro rates higher: 98% positive across 194,628 reviews vs 94% across 106,682 for Grim Dawn. Balatro has the larger player base right now (6,586 vs 4,988 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Balatro averaged 7,269 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 9,579.
Grim Dawn averaged 3,744 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 19% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 7,534.