Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Don't Starve Together is currently the more played game: 13,301 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 10,733 for Crimson Desert — about 24% more players. Don't Starve Together also has the better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 84%. Across all tracked metrics, Don't Starve Together leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Don't Starve Together has had the higher daily player count for the last 47 days — Crimson Desert last led on Jun 10, 2026.
Days tracked
61
Current streak
47 days
Don't Starve Together
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
4%
Jun 5, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 61 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Crimson Desert | Don't Starve Together |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 10,733 | 13,301 |
| 24-hour peak | 18,111 | 66,509 |
| 7-day average | 10,905 | 33,367 |
| 30-day average | 13,497 | 40,579 |
| 30-day trend | −43% | +9% |
| Peak (tracked) | 50,641 | 121,283 |
| Steam reviews | 84% positive | 95% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 78% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 164,783 | 539,743 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 19, 2026 | Apr 21, 2016 |
| Price | $69.99 | $14.99 |
Full stats: Crimson Desert · Don't Starve Together · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Crimson Desert | Don't Starve Together | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 18,667 | 24,839 |
| May 2026 | 33,137 | 50,641 | 21,100 | 48,796 |
| Jun 2026 | 21,676 | 47,605 | 40,615 | 121,283 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 12,852 | 26,659 | 39,009 | 99,921 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Don't Starve Together currently has more players: 13,301 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,733 for Crimson Desert — about 24% more players.
Over the last 30 days Crimson Desert averaged 13,497 concurrent players and Don't Starve Together averaged 40,579. By that measure Don't Starve Together is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 61 days Coilr has tracked both games, Crimson Desert had the higher daily average on 14 days, most recently on Jun 10, 2026. Don't Starve Together has led for the last 47 days.
By Steam review score, Don't Starve Together rates higher: 95% positive across 539,743 reviews vs 84% across 164,783 for Crimson Desert. Don't Starve Together has the larger player base right now (13,301 vs 10,733 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Crimson Desert averaged 13,497 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 43% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 50,641.
Don't Starve Together averaged 40,579 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 121,283.