Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
Dead by Daylight is currently the more played game: 60,899 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 17,850 for Football Manager 26 — about 3× more players. Dead by Daylight also has the better Steam reviews: 78% positive vs 34%. Across all tracked metrics, Dead by Daylight leads 9 of 9.
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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 54 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
54
Current streak
54 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 54 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Dead by Daylight | Football Manager 26 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 60,899 | 17,850 |
| 24-hour peak | 81,020 | 48,519 |
| 7-day average | 67,233 | 30,439 |
| 30-day average | 80,715 | 29,970 |
| 30-day trend | +31% | −4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 169,958 | 52,839 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 34% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 73% positive | 53% positive |
| Total reviews | 920,007 | 34,278 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | — |
| Release date | Jun 13, 2016 | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Price | $19.99 | $29.99 |
Full stats: Dead by Daylight · Football Manager 26 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Dead by Daylight | Football Manager 26 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 41,665 | 44,573 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 57,631 | 82,318 | 33,572 | 52,839 |
| Jun 2026 | 71,339 | 169,958 | 30,328 | 51,305 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 76,789 | 121,834 | 30,242 | 48,519 |
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: 60,899 concurrent players on Steam vs 17,850 for Football Manager 26 — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Dead by Daylight averaged 80,715 concurrent players and Football Manager 26 averaged 29,970. 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 54 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Dead by Daylight rates higher: 78% positive across 920,007 reviews vs 34% across 34,278 for Football Manager 26. Dead by Daylight has the larger player base right now (60,899 vs 17,850 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Dead by Daylight averaged 80,715 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 31% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 169,958.
Football Manager 26 averaged 29,970 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 52,839.