Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Massively Multiplayer games.
Bongo Cat is currently the more played game: 147,384 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 60,416 for DayZ — about 2.4× more players. Bongo Cat also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 78%. Bongo Cat is free to play, while DayZ costs $24.99 (−50%). Across all tracked metrics, Bongo Cat leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Bongo Cat has had the higher daily player count for the last 60 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
60
Current streak
60 days
Bongo Cat
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
69%
Jun 14, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 60 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Bongo Cat | DayZ |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 147,384 | 60,416 |
| 24-hour peak | 166,012 | 64,972 |
| 7-day average | 152,324 | 36,929 |
| 30-day average | 153,852 | 37,096 |
| 30-day trend | +4% | +1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 187,909 | 65,084 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 78% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 106,728 | 465,974 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 5, 2025 | Dec 13, 2018 |
| Price | Free to play | $24.99 (−50%) |
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| Month | Bongo Cat | DayZ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 151,538 | 176,523 | 40,401 | 64,822 |
| Jun 2026 | 148,278 | 181,148 | 36,774 | 65,084 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 154,206 | 187,909 | 36,719 | 64,972 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Bongo Cat currently has more players: 147,384 concurrent players on Steam vs 60,416 for DayZ — about 2.4× more players.
Over the last 30 days Bongo Cat averaged 153,852 concurrent players and DayZ averaged 37,096. By that measure Bongo Cat is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Bongo Cat has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 60 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Bongo Cat rates higher: 97% positive across 106,728 reviews vs 78% across 465,974 for DayZ. Bongo Cat has the larger player base right now (147,384 vs 60,416 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Bongo Cat averaged 153,852 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 187,909.
DayZ averaged 37,096 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 65,084.