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Dead by Daylight vs Escape the Backrooms
Dead by Daylight is the more played game right now: 52,649 players on Steam against 9,237 for Escape the Backrooms, about 6× more players. Dead by Daylight has been ahead for 80 days straight.
Escape the Backrooms counters with better Steam reviews: 90% positive vs 78%. Across all tracked metrics, Dead by Daylight leads 8 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 495h in Dead by Daylight and 13.6h in Escape the Backrooms. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Dead by Daylight
495h
average of 73 members
Escape the Backrooms
13.6h
average of 50 members
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
Dead by Daylight has had the higher daily player count for the last 80 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Dead by Daylight led 80 daysEscape the Backrooms led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 80
- Current streak
- 80 days
- Dead by Daylight
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 72%
- Jun 6, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 80 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Dead by Daylight | Escape the Backrooms |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 52,649 | 9,237 |
| 24-hour peak | 55,145 | 9,509 |
| 7-day average | 46,529 | 4,412 |
| 30-day average | 50,105 | 5,279 |
| 30-day trend | −14% | −19% |
| Peak (tracked) | 169,957 | 25,652 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 90% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 73% positive | 86% positive |
| Total reviews | 935,134 | 166,011 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 14, 2016 | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Price | $19.99 | $9.99 |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
| Month | Dead by Daylight | Escape the Backrooms | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 41,665 | 44,573 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 57,631 | 82,318 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 71,430 | 169,957 | 12,067 | 25,652 |
| Jul 2026 | 70,906 | 121,265 | 7,038 | 14,034 |
| Aug 2026 | 58,214 | 99,853 | 6,673 | 18,696 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 48,844 | 76,113 | 4,579 | 12,930 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Dead by Daylight or Escape the Backrooms?
Dead by Daylight currently has more players: 52,649 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,237 for Escape the Backrooms, about 6× more players.
Is Dead by Daylight bigger than Escape the Backrooms on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Dead by Daylight averaged 50,105 concurrent players and Escape the Backrooms averaged 5,279. By that measure Dead by Daylight is currently the bigger game.
Has Escape the Backrooms ever had more players than Dead by Daylight?
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 80 days both games have been tracked.
Is Dead by Daylight better than Escape the Backrooms?
By Steam review score, Escape the Backrooms rates higher: 90% positive across 166,011 reviews vs 78% across 935,134 for Dead by Daylight. Dead by Daylight has the larger player base right now (52,649 vs 9,237 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Dead by Daylight growing or declining on Steam?
Dead by Daylight averaged 50,105 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 14% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 169,957.
Is Escape the Backrooms growing or declining on Steam?
Escape the Backrooms averaged 5,279 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 19% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 25,652.
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