Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
DayZ is currently the more played game: 62,406 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 11,982 for SCUM — about 5× more players. DayZ also has the better Steam reviews: 78% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, DayZ leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
DayZ has had the higher daily player count for the last 17 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
17
Current streak
17 days
DayZ
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
73%
Jul 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 17 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | DayZ | SCUM |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 62,406 | 11,982 |
| 24-hour peak | 62,406 | 15,862 |
| 7-day average | 37,919 | 9,228 |
| 30-day average | 37,148 | 9,228 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 65,084 | 16,995 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 70% positive |
| Total reviews | 466,560 | 125,975 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Dec 13, 2018 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Price | $49.99 | $44.99 |
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| Month | DayZ | SCUM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 40,401 | 64,822 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 36,811 | 65,084 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 36,617 | 64,972 | 9,216 | 16,995 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 42,778 | 62,406 | 10,486 | 15,862 |
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 11,982 for SCUM — about 5× more players.
Over the last 30 days DayZ averaged 37,148 concurrent players and SCUM averaged 9,228. 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 17 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, DayZ rates higher: 78% positive across 466,560 reviews vs 74% across 125,975 for SCUM. DayZ has the larger player base right now (62,406 vs 11,982 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.