Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
Lost Ark is currently the more played game: 6,944 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 928 for Crab Game — about 7× more players. Crab Game counters with better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 70%. Across all tracked metrics, Lost Ark leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Lost Ark has had the higher daily player count for the last 44 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
44
Current streak
44 days
Lost Ark
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
74%
Jul 22, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 44 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Crab Game | Lost Ark |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 928 | 6,944 |
| 24-hour peak | 950 | 6,944 |
| 7-day average | 752 | 6,018 |
| 30-day average | 695 | 5,723 |
| 30-day trend | −5% | −5% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,028 | 11,760 |
| Steam reviews | 91% positive | 70% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 81% positive | 49% positive |
| Total reviews | 151,250 | 203,176 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 29, 2021 | Feb 10, 2022 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Crab Game | Lost Ark | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 5,030 | 5,030 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 8,418 | 8,622 |
| Jun 2026 | 714 | 1,028 | 5,982 | 11,760 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 703 | 976 | 5,627 | 11,396 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Lost Ark currently has more players: 6,944 concurrent players on Steam vs 928 for Crab Game — about 7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Crab Game averaged 695 concurrent players and Lost Ark averaged 5,723. By that measure Lost Ark is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Lost Ark has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 44 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Crab Game rates higher: 91% positive across 151,250 reviews vs 70% across 203,176 for Lost Ark. Lost Ark has the larger player base right now (6,944 vs 928 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Crab Game averaged 695 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,028.
Lost Ark averaged 5,723 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 11,760.