Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Dead by Daylight is currently the more played game: 83,650 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 60,416 for DayZ — about 38% more players. DayZ is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Dead by Daylight leads 9 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Dead by Daylight has had the higher daily player count for the last 60 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
60
Current streak
60 days
Dead by Daylight
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
16%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 60 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | DayZ | Dead by Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 60,416 | 83,650 |
| 24-hour peak | 64,972 | 84,360 |
| 7-day average | 36,929 | 60,876 |
| 30-day average | 37,096 | 75,866 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | +14% |
| Peak (tracked) | 65,084 | 169,958 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 78% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 77% positive |
| Total reviews | 465,974 | 922,077 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Dec 13, 2018 | Jun 14, 2016 |
| Price | $24.99 (−50%) | $19.99 |
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| Month | DayZ | Dead by Daylight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 41,665 | 44,573 |
| May 2026 | 40,401 | 64,822 | 57,631 | 82,318 |
| Jun 2026 | 36,774 | 65,084 | 71,368 | 169,958 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 36,719 | 64,972 | 72,664 | 121,834 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Dead by Daylight currently has more players: 83,650 concurrent players on Steam vs 60,416 for DayZ — about 38% more players.
Over the last 30 days DayZ averaged 37,096 concurrent players and Dead by Daylight averaged 75,866. By that measure Dead by Daylight is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Dead by Daylight has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 60 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Dead by Daylight rates higher: 78% positive across 922,077 reviews vs 78% across 465,974 for DayZ. Dead by Daylight has the larger player base right now (83,650 vs 60,416 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
DayZ averaged 37,096 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 65,084.
Dead by Daylight averaged 75,866 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 14% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 169,958.