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Dying Light vs Hunt: Showdown 1896
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently the more played game: 17,760 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 4,161 for Dying Light, about 4× more players. Hunt: Showdown 1896 has been ahead for 95 days straight. Dying Light counters with better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, Hunt: Showdown 1896 leads 5 of 9.
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
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Coilr members average 459h in Dying Light and 60.5h in Hunt: Showdown 1896. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Dying Light
459h
average of 53 members
Hunt: Showdown 1896
60.5h
average of 28 members
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Player count history
Dying LightHunt: Showdown 1896
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
Hunt: Showdown 1896 has had the higher daily player count for the last 95 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Dying Light led 0 daysHunt: Showdown 1896 led 95 days
Days tracked
95
Current streak
95 days
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
57%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 95 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Dying Light | Hunt: Showdown 1896 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 4,161 | 17,760 |
| 24-hour peak | 5,361 | 21,914 |
| 7-day average | 3,891 | 13,969 |
| 30-day average | 4,749 | 15,165 |
| 30-day trend | −4% | −7% |
| Peak (tracked) | 9,663 | 42,690 |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 94% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 494,131 | 277,169 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jan 26, 2015 | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Price | $24.99 | $29.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | Dying Light | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 3,110 | 4,548 | 10,496 | 13,611 |
| May 2026 | 3,583 | 8,662 | 16,260 | 31,426 |
| Jun 2026 | 4,016 | 8,483 | 17,828 | 42,690 |
| Jul 2026 | 4,861 | 9,663 | 16,125 | 33,283 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 4,809 | 9,034 | 15,014 | 30,779 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Dying Light or Hunt: Showdown 1896?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 currently has more players: 17,760 concurrent players on Steam vs 4,161 for Dying Light, about 4× more players.
Is Dying Light bigger than Hunt: Showdown 1896 on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Dying Light averaged 4,749 concurrent players and Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 15,165. By that measure Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently the bigger game.
Has Dying Light ever had more players than Hunt: Showdown 1896?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Hunt: Showdown 1896 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 95 days both games have been tracked.
Is Dying Light better than Hunt: Showdown 1896?
By Steam review score, Dying Light rates higher: 95% positive across 494,131 reviews vs 74% across 277,169 for Hunt: Showdown 1896. Hunt: Showdown 1896 has the larger player base right now (17,760 vs 4,161 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Dying Light growing or declining on Steam?
Dying Light averaged 4,749 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 9,663.
Is Hunt: Showdown 1896 growing or declining on Steam?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 15,165 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,690.