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Dead by Daylight vs Killing Floor 2
Dead by Daylight is the more played game right now: 29,540 players on Steam against 6,334 for Killing Floor 2, about 5× more players. Dead by Daylight has been ahead for 96 days straight.
Killing Floor 2 counters with better Steam reviews: 88% positive vs 78%. Across all tracked metrics, Dead by Daylight leads 7 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Dead by Daylight is read every 5 minutes, Killing Floor 2 every 30 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 421h in Dead by Daylight and 24.1h in Killing Floor 2. 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
421h
average of 97 members
Killing Floor 2
24.1h
average of 58 members
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Dead by Daylight
44,815Killing Floor 2
6,029Daily averages · latest day · Dead by Daylight, 7.4× the players of Killing Floor 2
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Dead by Daylight is read every 5 minutes, Killing Floor 2 every 30 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 96 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Dead by Daylight led 96 daysKilling Floor 2 led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 96
- Current streak
- 96 days
- Dead by Daylight
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 83%
- Oct 20, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 96 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 | Killing Floor 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 29,540 | 6,334 |
| 24-hour peak | 61,435 | 6,769 |
| 7-day average | 50,833 | 5,570 |
| 30-day average | 46,303 | 5,091 |
| 30-day trend | −11% | +14% |
| Peak (tracked) | 169,957 | 7,400 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 73% positive | 83% positive |
| Total reviews | 940,265 | 129,520 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 14, 2016 | Nov 18, 2016 |
| Price | $19.99 | $29.99 |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Dead by Daylight | Killing Floor 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 41,665 | 44,573 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 57,631 | 82,318 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 71,430 | 169,957 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 70,906 | 121,265 | 4,022 | 5,997 |
| Aug 2026 | 58,226 | 99,853 | 4,342 | 6,361 |
| Sep 2026 | 48,106 | 76,113 | 4,189 | 5,773 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 47,289 | 79,988 | 5,764 | 7,400 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Dead by Daylight or Killing Floor 2?
Dead by Daylight currently has more players: 29,540 concurrent players on Steam vs 6,334 for Killing Floor 2, about 5× more players.
Is Dead by Daylight bigger than Killing Floor 2 on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Dead by Daylight averaged 46,303 concurrent players and Killing Floor 2 averaged 5,091. By that measure Dead by Daylight is currently the bigger game.
Has Killing Floor 2 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 96 days both games have been tracked.
Is Dead by Daylight better than Killing Floor 2?
By Steam review score, Killing Floor 2 rates higher: 88% positive across 129,520 reviews vs 78% across 940,265 for Dead by Daylight. Dead by Daylight has the larger player base right now (29,540 vs 6,334 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 46,303 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 11% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 169,957.
Is Killing Floor 2 growing or declining on Steam?
Killing Floor 2 averaged 5,091 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 14% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 7,400.
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