Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Indie games.
Unturned is currently the more played game: 15,393 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 7,698 for Escape the Backrooms — about 2.0× more players. Unturned is free to play, while Escape the Backrooms costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Unturned leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Unturned has had the higher daily player count for the last 6 days — Escape the Backrooms last led on Jun 8, 2026.
Days tracked
14
Current streak
6 days
Unturned
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
5%
Jun 6, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 14 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Escape the Backrooms | Unturned |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 7,698 | 15,393 |
| 24-hour peak | 13,028 | 15,824 |
| 7-day average | 7,621 | 12,757 |
| 30-day average | 7,621 | 12,982 |
| 30-day trend | −37% | −2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 25,652 | 23,394 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 155,759 | 563,974 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 23, 2025 | Jul 6, 2017 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Escape the Backrooms | Unturned | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 10,905 | 10,905 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 14,551 | 23,394 |
| Jun 2026 | 12,067 | 25,652 | 13,045 | 18,304 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,643 | 14,079 | 13,108 | 17,197 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Unturned currently has more players: 15,393 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,698 for Escape the Backrooms — about 2.0× more players.
Over the last 30 days Escape the Backrooms averaged 7,621 concurrent players and Unturned averaged 12,982. By that measure Unturned is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 14 days Coilr has tracked both games, Escape the Backrooms had the higher daily average on 3 days, most recently on Jun 8, 2026. Unturned has led for the last 6 days.
By Steam review score, Unturned rates higher: 91% positive across 563,974 reviews vs 90% across 155,759 for Escape the Backrooms. Unturned has the larger player base right now (15,393 vs 7,698 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Escape the Backrooms averaged 7,621 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 37% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 25,652.
Unturned averaged 12,982 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 23,394.