Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
New World: Aeternum is currently the more played game: 557 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 250 for Black Squad — about 2.2× more players. Black Squad counters with better Steam reviews: 76% positive vs 67%. Black Squad is free to play. Across all tracked metrics, New World: Aeternum leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
New World: Aeternum has had the higher daily player count for the last 43 days — Black Squad last led on Jun 2, 2026.
Days tracked
46
Current streak
43 days
New World: Aeternum
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
21%
Jun 1, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 46 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Squad | New World: Aeternum |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 250 | 557 |
| 24-hour peak | 281 | 584 |
| 7-day average | 197 | 499 |
| 30-day average | 194 | 509 |
| 30-day trend | −20% | −10% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,032 | 911 |
| Steam reviews | 76% positive | 67% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 60% positive | 32% positive |
| Total reviews | 81,241 | 296,732 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 25, 2019 | Sep 27, 2021 |
| Price | Free to play | — |
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| Month | Black Squad | New World: Aeternum | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 198 | 247 | 618 | 687 |
| Jun 2026 | 217 | 1,032 | 538 | 911 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 195 | 377 | 506 | 786 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
New World: Aeternum currently has more players: 557 concurrent players on Steam vs 250 for Black Squad — about 2.2× more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Squad averaged 194 concurrent players and New World: Aeternum averaged 509. By that measure New World: Aeternum is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 46 days Coilr has tracked both games, Black Squad had the higher daily average on 1 day, most recently on Jun 2, 2026. New World: Aeternum has led for the last 43 days.
By Steam review score, Black Squad rates higher: 76% positive across 81,241 reviews vs 67% across 296,732 for New World: Aeternum. New World: Aeternum has the larger player base right now (557 vs 250 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Squad averaged 194 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,032.
New World: Aeternum averaged 509 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 10% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 911.