Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
Paladins® is currently the more played game: 947 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 789 for Crab Game — about 20% more players. Crab Game counters with better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 85%. Across all tracked metrics, Paladins® leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Crab Game has had the higher daily player count for the last 1 day — Paladins® last led on Jul 14, 2026.
Days tracked
37
Current streak
1 day
Crab Game
Lead changes
12
Closest gap
<1%
Jun 19, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 37 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Crab Game | Paladins® |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 789 | 947 |
| 24-hour peak | 842 | 1,183 |
| 7-day average | 700 | 774 |
| 30-day average | 693 | 750 |
| 30-day trend | — | −3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 1,071 | 1,407 |
| Steam reviews | 91% positive | 85% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 81% positive | 83% positive |
| Total reviews | 151,277 | 345,362 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 29, 2021 | May 7, 2018 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Crab Game | Paladins® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | — | — | 804 | 1,209 |
| Jun 2026 | 712 | 1,071 | 758 | 1,407 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 682 | 963 | 752 | 1,378 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Paladins® currently has more players: 947 concurrent players on Steam vs 789 for Crab Game — about 20% more players.
Over the last 30 days Crab Game averaged 693 concurrent players and Paladins® averaged 750. By that measure Paladins® is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 37 days Coilr has tracked both games, Paladins® had the higher daily average on 28 days, most recently on Jul 14, 2026. Crab Game has led for the last 1 day.
By Steam review score, Crab Game rates higher: 91% positive across 151,277 reviews vs 85% across 345,362 for Paladins®. Paladins® has the larger player base right now (947 vs 789 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Paladins® averaged 750 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,407.