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Core Keeper vs Don't Starve Together
Don't Starve Together is the more played game right now: 26,750 players on Steam against 14,816 for Core Keeper, about 1.8× more players. Don't Starve Together has been ahead for 77 days straight.
Don't Starve Together also has the better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 93%. Core Keeper is currently 40% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Don't Starve Together leads 8 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Core Keeper is read every 10 minutes, Don't Starve Together every 5 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 23.3h in Core Keeper and 27.1h in Don't Starve Together. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Core Keeper
23.3h
average of 33 members
Don't Starve Together
27.1h
average of 137 members
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Core Keeper
18,278Don't Starve Together
23,834Daily averages · latest day · Don't Starve Together, 30% ahead of Core Keeper
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Core Keeper is read every 10 minutes, Don't Starve Together every 5 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
Don't Starve Together has had the higher daily player count for the last 77 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Core Keeper led 0 daysDon't Starve Together led 77 days
- Days tracked
- 77
- Current streak
- 77 days
- Don't Starve Together
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 25%
- Oct 12, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 77 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Core Keeper | Don't Starve Together |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 14,816 | 26,750 |
| 24-hour peak | 29,132 | 54,658 |
| 7-day average | 18,550 | 29,331 |
| 30-day average | 16,548 | 28,073 |
| 30-day trend | +138% | −9% |
| Peak (tracked) | 29,132 | 121,283 |
| Steam reviews | 93% positive | 95% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 92% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 67,211 | 544,282 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~1,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2024 | Apr 21, 2016 |
| Price | $11.99 (−40%) | $14.99 |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Core Keeper | Don't Starve Together | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 18,667 | 24,839 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 21,100 | 48,796 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 40,545 | 121,283 |
| Jul 2026 | 2,789 | 4,066 | 37,731 | 98,869 |
| Aug 2026 | 3,028 | 5,009 | 29,229 | 61,806 |
| Sep 2026 | 4,471 | 9,184 | 24,734 | 58,763 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 12,946 | 29,132 | 27,374 | 58,009 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Core Keeper or Don't Starve Together?
Don't Starve Together currently has more players: 26,750 concurrent players on Steam vs 14,816 for Core Keeper, about 1.8× more players.
Is Core Keeper bigger than Don't Starve Together on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Core Keeper averaged 16,548 concurrent players and Don't Starve Together averaged 28,073. By that measure Don't Starve Together is currently the bigger game.
Has Core Keeper ever had more players than Don't Starve Together?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Don't Starve Together has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 77 days both games have been tracked.
Is Core Keeper better than Don't Starve Together?
By Steam review score, Don't Starve Together rates higher: 95% positive across 544,282 reviews vs 93% across 67,211 for Core Keeper. Don't Starve Together has the larger player base right now (26,750 vs 14,816 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Core Keeper growing or declining on Steam?
Core Keeper averaged 16,548 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 138% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 29,132.
Is Don't Starve Together growing or declining on Steam?
Don't Starve Together averaged 28,073 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 121,283.
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