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ELDEN RING vs Hollow Knight
ELDEN RING is the more played game right now: 31,698 players on Steam against 7,439 for Hollow Knight, about 4× more players. ELDEN RING has been ahead for 119 days straight.
Hollow Knight counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 93%. Across all tracked metrics, ELDEN RING leads 8 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 138h in ELDEN RING 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
138h
average of 104 members
Hollow Knight
43.2h
average of 99 members
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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 has had the higher daily player count for the last 119 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ELDEN RING led 119 daysHollow Knight led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 119
- Current streak
- 119 days
- ELDEN RING
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 64%
- Jul 9, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 119 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 | Hollow Knight |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 31,698 | 7,439 |
| 24-hour peak | 35,224 | 8,675 |
| 7-day average | 29,965 | 6,486 |
| 30-day average | 32,102 | 6,729 |
| 30-day trend | +14% | −12% |
| Peak (tracked) | 54,240 | 14,456 |
| Steam reviews | 93% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 95% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,155,342 | 562,173 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 24, 2022 | Feb 24, 2017 |
| Price | $59.99 | $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 | Hollow Knight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 27,438 | 36,355 | 4,723 | 4,785 |
| May 2026 | 31,146 | 47,989 | 5,053 | 6,514 |
| Jun 2026 | 31,617 | 49,806 | 6,967 | 13,164 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,183 | 46,943 | 9,006 | 14,456 |
| Aug 2026 | 28,825 | 52,413 | 7,591 | 11,096 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 31,786 | 54,240 | 6,555 | 11,208 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, ELDEN RING or Hollow Knight?
ELDEN RING currently has more players: 31,698 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,439 for Hollow Knight, about 4× more players.
Is ELDEN RING bigger than Hollow Knight on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ELDEN RING averaged 32,102 concurrent players and Hollow Knight averaged 6,729. By that measure ELDEN RING is currently the bigger game.
Has Hollow Knight ever had more players than ELDEN RING?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: ELDEN RING has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 119 days both games have been tracked.
Is ELDEN RING better than Hollow Knight?
By Steam review score, Hollow Knight rates higher: 97% positive across 562,173 reviews vs 93% across 1,155,342 for ELDEN RING. ELDEN RING has the larger player base right now (31,698 vs 7,439 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is ELDEN RING growing or declining on Steam?
ELDEN RING averaged 32,102 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 14% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 54,240.
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.
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