Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Dead by Daylight is currently the more played game: 78,885 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 22,876 for Hunt: Showdown 1896 — about 3× more players. Dead by Daylight also has the better Steam reviews: 78% positive vs 74%. Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently 60% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Dead by Daylight leads 10 of 10.
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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 72 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
72
Current streak
72 days
Dead by Daylight
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
60%
Jun 10, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 72 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Dead by Daylight | Hunt: Showdown 1896 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 78,885 | 22,876 |
| 24-hour peak | 78,885 | 29,333 |
| 7-day average | 62,631 | 15,870 |
| 30-day average | 69,574 | 16,210 |
| 30-day trend | −6% | −10% |
| Peak (tracked) | 169,957 | 42,690 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 78% positive | 69% positive |
| Total reviews | 923,826 | 276,222 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 14, 2016 | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Price | $19.99 | $11.99 (−60%) |
Full stats: Dead by Daylight · Hunt: Showdown 1896 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Dead by Daylight | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 41,665 | 44,573 | 10,496 | 13,611 |
| May 2026 | 57,631 | 82,318 | 16,260 | 31,426 |
| Jun 2026 | 71,430 | 169,957 | 17,828 | 42,690 |
| Jul 2026 | 70,903 | 121,834 | 16,094 | 33,550 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 64,041 | 78,885 | 18,089 | 29,333 |
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: 78,885 concurrent players on Steam vs 22,876 for Hunt: Showdown 1896 — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Dead by Daylight averaged 69,574 concurrent players and Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 16,210. 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 72 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Dead by Daylight rates higher: 78% positive across 923,826 reviews vs 74% across 276,222 for Hunt: Showdown 1896. Dead by Daylight has the larger player base right now (78,885 vs 22,876 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Dead by Daylight averaged 69,574 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 169,957.
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.