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ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN vs Hollow Knight
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is the more played game right now: 24,708 players on Steam against 7,439 for Hollow Knight, about 3× more players. ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN has been ahead for 110 days straight.
Hollow Knight counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 82%. Across all tracked metrics, ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN leads 6 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 84.7h in ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN and 43.2h in Hollow Knight. 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.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
84.7h
average of 23 members
Hollow Knight
43.2h
average of 99 members
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ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGNHollow Knight
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
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.
Head-to-head record
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN has had the higher daily player count for the last 110 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN led 110 daysHollow Knight led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 110
- Current streak
- 110 days
- ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 40%
- Jul 2, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 110 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | Hollow Knight |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 24,708 | 7,439 |
| 24-hour peak | 28,769 | 8,675 |
| 7-day average | 18,149 | 6,486 |
| 30-day average | 17,279 | 6,729 |
| 30-day trend | −6% | −12% |
| Peak (tracked) | 42,816 | 14,456 |
| Steam reviews | 82% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 78% positive | 95% positive |
| Total reviews | 191,214 | 562,173 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | May 29, 2025 | Feb 24, 2017 |
| Price | $39.99 | $14.99 |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
| Month | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | Hollow Knight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 4,723 | 4,785 |
| May 2026 | 21,536 | 42,816 | 5,053 | 6,514 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,285 | 40,851 | 6,967 | 13,164 |
| Jul 2026 | 18,032 | 40,719 | 9,006 | 14,456 |
| Aug 2026 | 16,985 | 34,386 | 7,591 | 11,096 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 15,718 | 33,868 | 6,555 | 11,208 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN or Hollow Knight?
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN currently has more players: 24,708 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,439 for Hollow Knight, about 3× more players.
Is ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN bigger than Hollow Knight on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN averaged 17,279 concurrent players and Hollow Knight averaged 6,729. By that measure ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is currently the bigger game.
Has Hollow Knight ever had more players than ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 110 days both games have been tracked.
Is ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN better than Hollow Knight?
By Steam review score, Hollow Knight rates higher: 97% positive across 562,173 reviews vs 82% across 191,214 for ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN. ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN has the larger player base right now (24,708 vs 7,439 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN growing or declining on Steam?
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN averaged 17,279 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,816.
Is Hollow Knight growing or declining on Steam?
Hollow Knight averaged 6,729 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,456.
