Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Simulation / Strategy games.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is currently the more played game: 16,459 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 13,418 for Don't Starve Together — about 23% more players. Don't Starve Together counters with better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 72%. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is free to play, while Don't Starve Together costs $14.99. Across all tracked metrics, Don't Starve Together leads 8 of 9.
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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 62 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
62
Current streak
62 days
Don't Starve Together
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
8%
Jun 4, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 62 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Don't Starve Together | Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 13,418 | 16,459 |
| 24-hour peak | 62,875 | 16,459 |
| 7-day average | 33,183 | 11,228 |
| 30-day average | 38,980 | 11,958 |
| 30-day trend | −1% | −22% |
| Peak (tracked) | 121,283 | 37,152 |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive | 72% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 55% positive |
| Total reviews | 539,743 | 100,164 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | — |
| Release date | Apr 21, 2016 | Jan 18, 2022 |
| Price | $14.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: Don't Starve Together · Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Don't Starve Together | Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,667 | 24,839 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 21,100 | 48,796 | 12,789 | 18,121 |
| Jun 2026 | 40,615 | 121,283 | 15,045 | 37,152 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 38,570 | 99,921 | 12,045 | 25,317 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel currently has more players: 16,459 concurrent players on Steam vs 13,418 for Don't Starve Together — about 23% more players.
Over the last 30 days Don't Starve Together averaged 38,980 concurrent players and Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel averaged 11,958. 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 62 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Don't Starve Together rates higher: 95% positive across 539,743 reviews vs 72% across 100,164 for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has the larger player base right now (16,459 vs 13,418 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Don't Starve Together averaged 38,980 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 121,283.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel averaged 11,958 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 22% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,152.