Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie games.
Balatro is currently the more played game: 8,174 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 6,504 for Hades — about 26% more players. Hades is currently 70% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Balatro leads 6 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Balatro has had the higher daily player count for the last 49 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
49
Current streak
49 days
Balatro
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
23%
Jul 5, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 49 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Balatro | Hades |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,174 | 6,504 |
| 24-hour peak | 9,317 | 7,332 |
| 7-day average | 7,451 | 4,617 |
| 30-day average | 7,547 | 4,830 |
| 30-day trend | +8% | +65% |
| Peak (tracked) | 9,579 | 8,285 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 98% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 195,509 | 306,338 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 20, 2024 | Sep 17, 2020 |
| Price | $14.99 | $7.49 (−70%) |
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| Month | Balatro | Hades | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 5,240 | 5,991 |
| May 2026 | 7,566 | 9,340 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 7,011 | 9,289 | 3,281 | 7,884 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,526 | 9,579 | 4,779 | 8,285 |
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: 8,174 concurrent players on Steam vs 6,504 for Hades — about 26% more players.
Over the last 30 days Balatro averaged 7,547 concurrent players and Hades averaged 4,830. 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 49 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Hades rates higher: 98% positive across 306,338 reviews vs 98% across 195,509 for Balatro. Balatro has the larger player base right now (8,174 vs 6,504 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Balatro averaged 7,547 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 8% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 9,579.
Hades averaged 4,830 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 65% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 8,285.