Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Escape the Backrooms is currently the more played game: 10,867 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 9,814 for World of Warships — a similar number of players. Escape the Backrooms also has the better Steam reviews: 90% positive vs 76%. World of Warships is free to play, while Escape the Backrooms costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Escape the Backrooms leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Escape the Backrooms has had the higher daily player count for the last 5 days — World of Warships last led on Jun 9, 2026.
Days tracked
14
Current streak
5 days
Escape the Backrooms
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
<1%
Jul 21, 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 | World of Warships |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 10,867 | 9,814 |
| 24-hour peak | 13,083 | 10,414 |
| 7-day average | 7,456 | 6,743 |
| 30-day average | 7,456 | 9,027 |
| 30-day trend | −38% | −61% |
| Peak (tracked) | 25,652 | 62,328 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 76% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 155,759 | 155,626 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 23, 2025 | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Escape the Backrooms | World of Warships | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | — | — | 11,851 | 40,557 |
| Jun 2026 | 12,067 | 25,652 | 19,913 | 62,328 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,502 | 14,079 | 7,080 | 13,164 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Escape the Backrooms currently has more players: 10,867 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,814 for World of Warships — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Escape the Backrooms averaged 7,456 concurrent players and World of Warships averaged 9,027. By that measure World of Warships is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 14 days Coilr has tracked both games, World of Warships had the higher daily average on 9 days, most recently on Jun 9, 2026. Escape the Backrooms has led for the last 5 days.
By Steam review score, Escape the Backrooms rates higher: 90% positive across 155,759 reviews vs 76% across 155,626 for World of Warships. Escape the Backrooms has the larger player base right now (10,867 vs 9,814 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Escape the Backrooms averaged 7,456 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 38% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 25,652.
World of Warships averaged 9,027 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 61% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 62,328.