Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Phasmophobia is currently the more played game: 4,921 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 4,166 for Dying Light — about 18% more players. Across all tracked metrics, Phasmophobia leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Phasmophobia has had the higher daily player count for the last 78 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
78
Current streak
78 days
Phasmophobia
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
24%
Jul 9, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 78 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Dying Light | Phasmophobia |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 4,166 | 4,921 |
| 24-hour peak | 5,756 | 10,158 |
| 7-day average | 5,028 | 7,585 |
| 30-day average | 4,796 | 7,786 |
| 30-day trend | +20% | −20% |
| Peak (tracked) | 9,726 | 24,848 |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 490,818 | 833,690 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jan 25, 2015 | Sep 17, 2020 |
| Price | $24.99 | $19.99 |
Full stats: Dying Light · Phasmophobia · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Dying Light | Phasmophobia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 3,110 | 4,548 | 12,564 | 16,011 |
| May 2026 | 3,583 | 8,662 | 13,327 | 24,848 |
| Jun 2026 | 4,010 | 8,575 | 8,398 | 16,310 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 5,459 | 9,726 | 7,852 | 14,006 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Phasmophobia currently has more players: 4,921 concurrent players on Steam vs 4,166 for Dying Light — about 18% more players.
Over the last 30 days Dying Light averaged 4,796 concurrent players and Phasmophobia averaged 7,786. By that measure Phasmophobia is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Phasmophobia has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 78 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Dying Light rates higher: 95% positive across 490,818 reviews vs 94% across 833,690 for Phasmophobia. Phasmophobia has the larger player base right now (4,921 vs 4,166 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Dying Light averaged 4,796 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 9,726.
Phasmophobia averaged 7,786 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 24,848.