Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie games.
Palworld is currently the more played game: 390,717 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 23,196 for Factorio, about 17× more players. Factorio counters with better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 94%. Across all tracked metrics, Palworld leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Palworld has had the higher daily player count for the last 18 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
18
Current streak
18 days
Palworld
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
39%
Jun 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 18 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Factorio | Palworld |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 23,196 | 390,717 |
| 24-hour peak | 26,177 | 508,593 |
| 7-day average | 17,257 | 446,704 |
| 30-day average | 17,543 | 457,226 |
| 30-day trend | — | +1486% |
| Peak (tracked) | 27,120 | 961,571 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 232,649 | 463,639 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 14, 2020 | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Price | $35.00 | $29.99 |
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| Month | Factorio | Palworld | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 28,256 | 28,256 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 15,863 | 17,744 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,348 | 16,695 | 27,071 | 50,615 |
| Jul 2026 | 17,174 | 26,937 | 404,515 | 961,571 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 19,082 | 27,120 | 458,512 | 602,362 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Palworld currently has more players: 390,717 concurrent players on Steam vs 23,196 for Factorio, about 17× more players.
Over the last 30 days Factorio averaged 17,543 concurrent players and Palworld averaged 457,226. By that measure Palworld is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Palworld has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 18 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Factorio rates higher: 98% positive across 232,649 reviews vs 94% across 463,639 for Palworld. Palworld has the larger player base right now (390,717 vs 23,196 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Palworld averaged 457,226 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 1486% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 961,571.