Monster Hunter: World is the more played game right now: 17,779 players on Steam against 13,991 for ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN, about 27% more players. Monster Hunter: World has been ahead for 14 days straight, and has led on 51 days of the 134 days Coilr has tracked both games.
Monster Hunter: World also has the better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 82%. Across all tracked metrics, Monster Hunter: World leads 8 of 10.
Live Steam player counts. ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is read every 30 minutes, Monster Hunter: World every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Coilr members average 84.1h in ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN and 98.5h in Monster Hunter: World. 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
84.1h
average of 31 members

Monster Hunter: World
98.5h
average of 92 members
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ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
16,238Monster Hunter: World
17,339Daily averages · latest day · Monster Hunter: World, 7% ahead of ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is read every 30 minutes, Monster Hunter: World 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.
Monster Hunter: World has had the higher daily player count for the last 14 days. ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN last led on Sep 27, 2026.
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 134 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | Monster Hunter: World |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 13,991 | 17,779 |
| 24-hour peak | 31,796 | 32,640 |
| 7-day average | 16,118 | 15,758 |
| 30-day average | 16,951 | 15,642 |
| 30-day trend | −5% | +21% |
| Peak (tracked) | 42,816 | 50,687 |
| Steam reviews | 82% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 79% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 192,194 | 518,942 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | May 29, 2025 | Aug 8, 2018 |
| Price | $39.99 | $29.99 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | Monster Hunter: World | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 21,536 | 42,816 | 8,419 | 11,801 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,285 | 40,851 | 21,104 | 50,687 |
| Jul 2026 | 18,032 | 40,719 | 17,152 | 40,029 |
| Aug 2026 | 16,966 | 33,943 | 14,197 | 30,810 |
| Sep 2026 | 15,621 | 33,516 | 14,511 | 34,594 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 14,304 | 31,796 | 15,668 | 32,640 |
Monster Hunter: World currently has more players: 17,779 concurrent players on Steam vs 13,991 for ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN, about 27% more players.
Over the last 30 days ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN averaged 16,951 concurrent players and Monster Hunter: World averaged 15,642. By that measure ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 134 days Coilr has tracked both games, ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN had the higher daily average on 83 days, most recently on Sep 27, 2026. Monster Hunter: World has led for the last 14 days.
By Steam review score, Monster Hunter: World rates higher: 89% positive across 518,942 reviews vs 82% across 192,194 for ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN. Monster Hunter: World has the larger player base right now (17,779 vs 13,991 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN averaged 16,951 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,816.
Monster Hunter: World averaged 15,642 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 21% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 50,687.


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