Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / Strategy games.
Darkest Dungeon® is currently the more played game: 3,370 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 1,972 for The Long Dark — about 1.7× more players. Darkest Dungeon® also has the better Steam reviews: 92% positive vs 89%. Darkest Dungeon® is currently 85% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Darkest Dungeon® leads 8 of 8.
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| Metric | Darkest Dungeon® | The Long Dark |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 3,370 | 1,972 |
| 24-hour peak | 4,558 | 3,096 |
| 7-day average | 3,106 | 2,199 |
| 30-day average | 3,106 | 2,199 |
| 30-day trend | — | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 4,558 | 3,096 |
| Steam reviews | 92% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 90% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 160,585 | 122,830 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Jan 19, 2016 | Aug 1, 2017 |
| Price | $3.74 (−85%) | $19.99 |
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Darkest Dungeon® currently has more players: 3,370 concurrent players on Steam vs 1,972 for The Long Dark — about 1.7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Darkest Dungeon® averaged 3,106 concurrent players and The Long Dark averaged 2,199. By that measure Darkest Dungeon® is currently the bigger game.
By Steam review score, Darkest Dungeon® rates higher: 92% positive across 160,585 reviews vs 89% across 122,830 for The Long Dark. Darkest Dungeon® has the larger player base right now (3,370 vs 1,972 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.