Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Don't Starve Together is currently the more played game: 30,738 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 11,240 for No Man's Sky — about 3× more players. Don't Starve Together also has the better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 85%. Across all tracked metrics, Don't Starve Together leads 10 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Don't Starve Together has had the higher daily player count for the last 81 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
81
Current streak
81 days
Don't Starve Together
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
10%
Jun 1, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 81 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Don't Starve Together | No Man's Sky |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 30,738 | 11,240 |
| 24-hour peak | 61,681 | 11,667 |
| 7-day average | 31,875 | 8,256 |
| 30-day average | 37,064 | 9,159 |
| 30-day trend | −13% | −25% |
| Peak (tracked) | 121,283 | 26,197 |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive | 85% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 92% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 540,300 | 412,560 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 21, 2016 | Aug 12, 2016 |
| Price | $14.99 | $59.99 |
Full stats: Don't Starve Together · No Man's Sky · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Don't Starve Together | No Man's Sky | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,667 | 24,839 | 12,944 | 17,194 |
| May 2026 | 21,100 | 48,796 | 8,880 | 10,545 |
| Jun 2026 | 40,545 | 121,283 | 12,843 | 26,197 |
| Jul 2026 | 37,771 | 99,921 | 9,225 | 16,251 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 37,561 | 62,329 | 8,679 | 11,667 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Don't Starve Together currently has more players: 30,738 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,240 for No Man's Sky — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Don't Starve Together averaged 37,064 concurrent players and No Man's Sky averaged 9,159. By that measure Don't Starve Together is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Don't Starve Together has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 81 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Don't Starve Together rates higher: 95% positive across 540,300 reviews vs 85% across 412,560 for No Man's Sky. Don't Starve Together has the larger player base right now (30,738 vs 11,240 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Don't Starve Together averaged 37,064 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 121,283.
No Man's Sky averaged 9,159 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 25% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,197.