Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
The Elder Scrolls® Online is currently the more played game: 6,796 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 6,266 for Deep Rock Galactic — a similar number of players. Deep Rock Galactic counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 81%. Deep Rock Galactic is currently 70% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, The Elder Scrolls® Online leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
The Elder Scrolls® Online has had the higher daily player count for the last 32 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
32
Current streak
32 days
The Elder Scrolls® Online
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
27%
Jul 27, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 32 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Deep Rock Galactic | The Elder Scrolls® Online |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 6,266 | 6,796 |
| 24-hour peak | 7,308 | 12,937 |
| 7-day average | 4,045 | 8,360 |
| 30-day average | 4,591 | 8,946 |
| 30-day trend | −7% | −9% |
| Peak (tracked) | 9,025 | 15,420 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 94% positive | 71% positive |
| Total reviews | 378,093 | 161,001 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | May 13, 2020 | May 22, 2017 |
| Price | $8.99 (−70%) | $19.99 |
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| Month | Deep Rock Galactic | The Elder Scrolls® Online | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 3,663 | 3,663 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 6,375 | 6,602 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 4,990 | 9,025 | 9,799 | 15,420 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 4,501 | 8,910 | 8,745 | 14,097 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
The Elder Scrolls® Online currently has more players: 6,796 concurrent players on Steam vs 6,266 for Deep Rock Galactic — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Deep Rock Galactic averaged 4,591 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 8,946. By that measure The Elder Scrolls® Online is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: The Elder Scrolls® Online has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 32 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Deep Rock Galactic rates higher: 97% positive across 378,093 reviews vs 81% across 161,001 for The Elder Scrolls® Online. The Elder Scrolls® Online has the larger player base right now (6,796 vs 6,266 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Deep Rock Galactic averaged 4,591 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 9,025.
The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 8,946 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 15,420.