Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
DARK SOULS™ III is currently the more played game: 4,846 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 3,484 for Warhammer: Vermintide 2 — about 39% more players. DARK SOULS™ III also has the better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 85%. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is currently 90% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, DARK SOULS™ III leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
DARK SOULS™ III has had the higher daily player count for the last 17 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
17
Current streak
17 days
DARK SOULS™ III
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
41%
Jul 17, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 17 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | DARK SOULS™ III | Warhammer: Vermintide 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 4,846 | 3,484 |
| 24-hour peak | 5,858 | 3,884 |
| 7-day average | 3,881 | 2,142 |
| 30-day average | 3,865 | 2,193 |
| 30-day trend | −11% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 7,136 | 4,821 |
| Steam reviews | 94% positive | 85% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 93% positive | 83% positive |
| Total reviews | 437,934 | 147,042 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 11, 2016 | Mar 8, 2018 |
| Price | $59.99 | $2.99 (−90%) |
Full stats: DARK SOULS™ III · Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | DARK SOULS™ III | Warhammer: Vermintide 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 3,708 | 4,562 | 1,375 | 1,738 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 1,654 | 4,821 |
| Jun 2026 | 4,320 | 7,136 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 3,820 | 6,130 | 2,201 | 3,984 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
DARK SOULS™ III currently has more players: 4,846 concurrent players on Steam vs 3,484 for Warhammer: Vermintide 2 — about 39% more players.
Over the last 30 days DARK SOULS™ III averaged 3,865 concurrent players and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 averaged 2,193. By that measure DARK SOULS™ III is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: DARK SOULS™ III has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 17 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, DARK SOULS™ III rates higher: 94% positive across 437,934 reviews vs 85% across 147,042 for Warhammer: Vermintide 2. DARK SOULS™ III has the larger player base right now (4,846 vs 3,484 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
DARK SOULS™ III averaged 3,865 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 11% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 7,136.