Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Indie games.
Valheim is currently the more played game: 19,411 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 11,596 for Brotato — about 1.7× more players. Brotato counters with better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 94%. Brotato is currently 40% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Valheim leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Valheim has had the higher daily player count for the last 14 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
14
Current streak
14 days
Valheim
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
38%
Jul 30, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 14 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Brotato | Valheim |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 11,596 | 19,411 |
| 24-hour peak | 12,601 | 24,540 |
| 7-day average | 7,976 | 18,634 |
| 30-day average | 7,873 | 18,006 |
| 30-day trend | — | +15% |
| Peak (tracked) | 13,902 | 35,085 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 86% positive |
| Total reviews | 116,869 | 538,546 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 23, 2023 | Feb 2, 2021 |
| Price | $2.99 (−40%) | $29.99 |
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| Month | Brotato | Valheim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 16,644 | 19,638 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 16,227 | 27,833 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 15,608 | 31,394 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,919 | 13,902 | 17,991 | 35,085 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Valheim currently has more players: 19,411 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,596 for Brotato — about 1.7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Brotato averaged 7,873 concurrent players and Valheim averaged 18,006. By that measure Valheim is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Valheim has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 14 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Brotato rates higher: 96% positive across 116,869 reviews vs 94% across 538,546 for Valheim. Valheim has the larger player base right now (19,411 vs 11,596 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Valheim averaged 18,006 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 15% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 35,085.