Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure games.
Papers, Please is currently the more played game: 633 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 603 for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen — a similar number of players. Papers, Please also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 88%. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is currently 84% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Papers, Please leads 6 of 8.
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| Metric | Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen | Papers, Please |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 603 | 633 |
| 24-hour peak | 722 | 751 |
| 7-day average | 480 | 421 |
| 30-day average | 510 | 417 |
| 30-day trend | — | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 744 | 779 |
| Steam reviews | 88% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 86% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 48,835 | 79,809 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Jan 15, 2016 | Aug 8, 2013 |
| Price | $4.79 (−84%) | $9.99 |
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Papers, Please currently has more players: 633 concurrent players on Steam vs 603 for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen averaged 510 concurrent players and Papers, Please averaged 417. By that measure Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is currently the bigger game.
By Steam review score, Papers, Please rates higher: 97% positive across 79,809 reviews vs 88% across 48,835 for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. Papers, Please has the larger player base right now (633 vs 603 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.