Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / Strategy games.
Space Engineers is currently the more played game: 3,074 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 2,355 for Darkest Dungeon® — about 31% more players. Darkest Dungeon® counters with better Steam reviews: 92% positive vs 89%. Darkest Dungeon® is currently 85% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Space Engineers leads 5 of 8.
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Tracked by Coilr since July 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
| Metric | Darkest Dungeon® | Space Engineers |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 2,355 | 3,074 |
| 24-hour peak | 4,756 | 4,857 |
| 7-day average | 3,226 | 3,386 |
| 30-day average | 3,226 | 3,386 |
| 30-day trend | — | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 4,756 | 4,857 |
| Steam reviews | 92% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 90% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 160,585 | 134,034 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Jan 19, 2016 | Feb 28, 2019 |
| Price | $3.74 (−85%) | $19.99 |
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Space Engineers currently has more players: 3,074 concurrent players on Steam vs 2,355 for Darkest Dungeon® — about 31% more players.
Over the last 30 days Darkest Dungeon® averaged 3,226 concurrent players and Space Engineers averaged 3,386. By that measure Space Engineers is currently the bigger game.
By Steam review score, Darkest Dungeon® rates higher: 92% positive across 160,585 reviews vs 89% across 134,034 for Space Engineers. Space Engineers has the larger player base right now (3,074 vs 2,355 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.