Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Simulation / Strategy games.
Cities: Skylines is currently the more played game: 6,892 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 1,414 for SMITE® — about 5× more players. Cities: Skylines also has the better Steam reviews: 93% positive vs 79%. SMITE® is free to play, while Cities: Skylines costs $29.99. Across all tracked metrics, Cities: Skylines leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Cities: Skylines has had the higher daily player count for the last 48 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
48
Current streak
48 days
Cities: Skylines
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
82%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 48 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Cities: Skylines | SMITE® |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 6,892 | 1,414 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,909 | 1,426 |
| 7-day average | 7,667 | 1,028 |
| 30-day average | 8,310 | 1,046 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | −6% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,280 | 1,970 |
| Steam reviews | 93% positive | 79% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 90% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 290,278 | 119,884 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 9, 2015 | Sep 7, 2015 |
| Price | $29.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Cities: Skylines | SMITE® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 6,993 | 9,026 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 7,520 | 12,056 | 1,244 | 1,421 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,305 | 14,280 | 1,086 | 1,970 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,959 | 13,440 | 1,035 | 1,816 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Cities: Skylines currently has more players: 6,892 concurrent players on Steam vs 1,414 for SMITE® — about 5× more players.
Over the last 30 days Cities: Skylines averaged 8,310 concurrent players and SMITE® averaged 1,046. By that measure Cities: Skylines is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Cities: Skylines has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 48 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Cities: Skylines rates higher: 93% positive across 290,278 reviews vs 79% across 119,884 for SMITE®. Cities: Skylines has the larger player base right now (6,892 vs 1,414 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Cities: Skylines averaged 8,310 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,280.
SMITE® averaged 1,046 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,970.