Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Rust is currently the more played game: 125,619 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 60,416 for DayZ — about 2.1× more players. Rust also has the better Steam reviews: 87% positive vs 78%. DayZ is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Rust leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Rust 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
Rust
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
51%
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 | Rust |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 60,416 | 125,619 |
| 24-hour peak | 64,972 | 134,947 |
| 7-day average | 36,929 | 100,604 |
| 30-day average | 37,096 | 105,125 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | ±0% |
| Peak (tracked) | 65,084 | 220,224 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 87% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 77% positive |
| Total reviews | 465,974 | 1,383,467 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Dec 13, 2018 | Feb 8, 2018 |
| Price | $24.99 (−50%) | $39.99 |
Full stats: DayZ · Rust · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | DayZ | Rust | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 40,401 | 64,822 | 95,781 | 182,883 |
| Jun 2026 | 36,774 | 65,084 | 104,085 | 220,224 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 36,719 | 64,972 | 106,396 | 197,140 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Rust currently has more players: 125,619 concurrent players on Steam vs 60,416 for DayZ — about 2.1× more players.
Over the last 30 days DayZ averaged 37,096 concurrent players and Rust averaged 105,125. By that measure Rust is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Rust 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, Rust rates higher: 87% positive across 1,383,467 reviews vs 78% across 465,974 for DayZ. Rust has the larger player base right now (125,619 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.
Rust averaged 105,125 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.