Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
Dead by Daylight is currently the more played game: 55,091 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 41,314 for Baldur's Gate 3 — about 33% more players. Baldur's Gate 3 counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 78%. Across all tracked metrics, Dead by Daylight leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Dead by Daylight has had the higher daily player count for the last 53 days — Baldur's Gate 3 last led on Apr 20, 2026.
Days tracked
58
Current streak
53 days
Dead by Daylight
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
4%
Apr 17, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 58 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Baldur's Gate 3 | Dead by Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 41,314 | 55,091 |
| 24-hour peak | 66,859 | 79,593 |
| 7-day average | 44,295 | 69,409 |
| 30-day average | 43,455 | 81,195 |
| 30-day trend | +10% | +34% |
| Peak (tracked) | 78,454 | 169,958 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 78% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 73% positive |
| Total reviews | 847,875 | 920,007 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 2, 2023 | Jun 13, 2016 |
| Price | $59.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Baldur's Gate 3 | Dead by Daylight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 41,555 | 49,592 | 41,665 | 44,573 |
| May 2026 | 44,011 | 69,523 | 57,631 | 82,318 |
| Jun 2026 | 39,589 | 69,334 | 71,339 | 169,958 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 45,222 | 78,454 | 77,241 | 121,834 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Dead by Daylight currently has more players: 55,091 concurrent players on Steam vs 41,314 for Baldur's Gate 3 — about 33% more players.
Over the last 30 days Baldur's Gate 3 averaged 43,455 concurrent players and Dead by Daylight averaged 81,195. By that measure Dead by Daylight is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 58 days Coilr has tracked both games, Baldur's Gate 3 had the higher daily average on 2 days, most recently on Apr 20, 2026. Dead by Daylight has led for the last 53 days.
By Steam review score, Baldur's Gate 3 rates higher: 97% positive across 847,875 reviews vs 78% across 920,007 for Dead by Daylight. Dead by Daylight has the larger player base right now (55,091 vs 41,314 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Baldur's Gate 3 averaged 43,455 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 10% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 78,454.
Dead by Daylight averaged 81,195 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 34% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 169,958.