Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are RPG games.
Baldur's Gate 3 is currently the more played game: 27,306 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 20,908 for ELDEN RING — about 31% more players. Baldur's Gate 3 also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 93%. Across all tracked metrics, Baldur's Gate 3 leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Baldur's Gate 3 has had the higher daily player count for the last 68 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
68
Current streak
68 days
Baldur's Gate 3
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
13%
Jun 11, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 68 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Baldur's Gate 3 | ELDEN RING |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 27,306 | 20,908 |
| 24-hour peak | 69,154 | 42,919 |
| 7-day average | 43,799 | 28,057 |
| 30-day average | 43,884 | 30,576 |
| 30-day trend | +11% | −3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 78,454 | 49,806 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 93% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 93% positive |
| Total reviews | 847,875 | 1,143,890 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 2, 2023 | Feb 23, 2022 |
| Price | $59.99 | $59.99 |
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| Month | Baldur's Gate 3 | ELDEN RING | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 41,555 | 49,592 | 27,438 | 36,355 |
| May 2026 | 44,011 | 69,523 | 31,146 | 47,989 |
| Jun 2026 | 39,589 | 69,334 | 31,577 | 49,806 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 45,476 | 78,454 | 29,662 | 47,080 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Baldur's Gate 3 currently has more players: 27,306 concurrent players on Steam vs 20,908 for ELDEN RING — about 31% more players.
Over the last 30 days Baldur's Gate 3 averaged 43,884 concurrent players and ELDEN RING averaged 30,576. By that measure Baldur's Gate 3 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Baldur's Gate 3 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 68 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Baldur's Gate 3 rates higher: 97% positive across 847,875 reviews vs 93% across 1,143,890 for ELDEN RING. Baldur's Gate 3 has the larger player base right now (27,306 vs 20,908 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Baldur's Gate 3 averaged 43,884 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 11% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 78,454.
ELDEN RING averaged 30,576 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 49,806.