Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / Simulation games.
Project Zomboid is currently the more played game: 20,665 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 14,693 for BidKing — about 41% more players. Project Zomboid also has the better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 33%. Across all tracked metrics, Project Zomboid leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Project Zomboid has had the higher daily player count for the last 50 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
50
Current streak
50 days
Project Zomboid
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
25%
May 29, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 50 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | BidKing | Project Zomboid |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 14,693 | 20,665 |
| 24-hour peak | 14,693 | 31,650 |
| 7-day average | 8,804 | 27,577 |
| 30-day average | 11,160 | 25,970 |
| 30-day trend | −27% | +2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 26,806 | 40,732 |
| Steam reviews | 33% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 12% positive | 92% positive |
| Total reviews | 22,500 | 458,830 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 14, 2026 | Nov 7, 2013 |
| Price | — | $19.99 |
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| Month | BidKing | Project Zomboid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 16,900 | 26,806 | 26,844 | 38,458 |
| Jun 2026 | 13,652 | 26,321 | 24,860 | 38,508 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 10,006 | 19,321 | 27,210 | 40,732 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Project Zomboid currently has more players: 20,665 concurrent players on Steam vs 14,693 for BidKing — about 41% more players.
Over the last 30 days BidKing averaged 11,160 concurrent players and Project Zomboid averaged 25,970. By that measure Project Zomboid is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Project Zomboid has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 50 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Project Zomboid rates higher: 94% positive across 458,830 reviews vs 33% across 22,500 for BidKing. Project Zomboid has the larger player base right now (20,665 vs 14,693 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
BidKing averaged 11,160 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 27% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,806.
Project Zomboid averaged 25,970 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 40,732.