Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
DayZ is currently the more played game: 62,406 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 22,735 for Hunt: Showdown 1896 — about 3× more players. DayZ also has the better Steam reviews: 78% positive vs 74%. Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently 60% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, DayZ leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
DayZ has had the higher daily player count for the last 67 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
67
Current streak
67 days
DayZ
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
35%
Jun 10, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 67 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | DayZ | Hunt: Showdown 1896 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 62,406 | 22,735 |
| 24-hour peak | 62,406 | 29,333 |
| 7-day average | 37,919 | 15,871 |
| 30-day average | 37,148 | 16,210 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | −10% |
| Peak (tracked) | 65,084 | 42,690 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 69% positive |
| Total reviews | 466,560 | 276,222 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Dec 13, 2018 | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Price | $49.99 | $11.99 (−60%) |
Full stats: DayZ · Hunt: Showdown 1896 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | DayZ | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 10,496 | 13,611 |
| May 2026 | 40,401 | 64,822 | 16,260 | 31,426 |
| Jun 2026 | 36,811 | 65,084 | 17,828 | 42,690 |
| Jul 2026 | 36,617 | 64,972 | 16,094 | 33,550 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 42,778 | 62,406 | 18,084 | 29,333 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
DayZ currently has more players: 62,406 concurrent players on Steam vs 22,735 for Hunt: Showdown 1896 — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days DayZ averaged 37,148 concurrent players and Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 16,210. By that measure DayZ is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: DayZ has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 67 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, DayZ rates higher: 78% positive across 466,560 reviews vs 74% across 276,222 for Hunt: Showdown 1896. DayZ has the larger player base right now (62,406 vs 22,735 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
DayZ averaged 37,148 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 65,084.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 16,210 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 10% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,690.