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 23,593 for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — about 3× more players. Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI counters with better Steam reviews: 86% positive vs 78%. Across all tracked metrics, Dead by Daylight leads 8 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 60 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
60
Current streak
60 days
Dead by Daylight
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
40%
Apr 20, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 60 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Dead by Daylight | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 60,899 | 23,593 |
| 24-hour peak | 81,020 | 46,579 |
| 7-day average | 67,233 | 28,913 |
| 30-day average | 80,715 | 29,823 |
| 30-day trend | +31% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 169,958 | 48,854 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 86% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 73% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 920,007 | 376,378 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 13, 2016 | Oct 19, 2016 |
| Price | $19.99 | $59.99 |
Full stats: Dead by Daylight · Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Dead by Daylight | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 41,665 | 44,573 | 23,543 | 30,365 |
| May 2026 | 57,631 | 82,318 | 29,264 | 48,308 |
| Jun 2026 | 71,339 | 169,958 | 29,080 | 48,854 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 76,789 | 121,834 | 29,713 | 48,451 |
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 23,593 for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Dead by Daylight averaged 80,715 concurrent players and Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI averaged 29,823. 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 60 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI rates higher: 86% positive across 376,378 reviews vs 78% across 920,007 for Dead by Daylight. Dead by Daylight has the larger player base right now (60,899 vs 23,593 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.
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI averaged 29,823 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 48,854.