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Enshrouded vs Valheim
Valheim is the more played game right now: 78,478 players on Steam against 46,123 for Enshrouded, about 1.7× more players. Valheim has been ahead for 93 days straight.
Valheim also has the better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 86%. Across all tracked metrics, Valheim leads 10 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, read every 5 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 39.5h in Enshrouded and 64.4h in Valheim. 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.
Enshrouded
39.5h
average of 40 members
Valheim
64.4h
average of 109 members
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Enshrouded
48,623Valheim
77,081Daily averages · latest day · Valheim, 59% ahead of Enshrouded
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Read every 5 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
Valheim has had the higher daily player count for the last 93 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Enshrouded led 0 daysValheim led 93 days
- Days tracked
- 93
- Current streak
- 93 days
- Valheim
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 37%
- Oct 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 93 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 | Enshrouded | Valheim |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 46,123 | 78,478 |
| 24-hour peak | 80,016 | 124,611 |
| 7-day average | 34,060 | 93,877 |
| 30-day average | 16,743 | 123,064 |
| 30-day trend | +15% | +137% |
| Peak (tracked) | 80,016 | 308,360 |
| Steam reviews | 86% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 81% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 106,378 | 558,905 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jan 24, 2024 | Feb 2, 2021 |
| Price | $39.99 | $29.99 |
Players by month
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 | Enshrouded | Valheim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 16,644 | 19,638 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 16,227 | 27,833 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 15,609 | 31,394 |
| Jul 2026 | 6,914 | 13,064 | 17,964 | 34,949 |
| Aug 2026 | 6,740 | 14,125 | 15,865 | 30,901 |
| Sep 2026 | 7,151 | 16,975 | 111,327 | 308,360 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 10,590 | 80,016 | 104,308 | 224,091 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Enshrouded or Valheim?
Valheim currently has more players: 78,478 concurrent players on Steam vs 46,123 for Enshrouded, about 1.7× more players.
Is Enshrouded bigger than Valheim on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Enshrouded averaged 16,743 concurrent players and Valheim averaged 123,064. By that measure Valheim is currently the bigger game.
Has Enshrouded ever had more players than Valheim?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Valheim has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 93 days both games have been tracked.
Is Enshrouded better than Valheim?
By Steam review score, Valheim rates higher: 94% positive across 558,905 reviews vs 86% across 106,378 for Enshrouded. Valheim has the larger player base right now (78,478 vs 46,123 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Enshrouded growing or declining on Steam?
Enshrouded averaged 16,743 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 15% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 80,016.
Is Valheim growing or declining on Steam?
Valheim averaged 123,064 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 137% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 308,360.
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