Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
No Man's Sky is currently the more played game: 7,171 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 4,988 for Grim Dawn — about 44% more players. Grim Dawn counters with better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 85%. Grim Dawn is currently 80% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, No Man's Sky leads 6 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
No Man's Sky has had the higher daily player count for the last 46 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
46
Current streak
46 days
No Man's Sky
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
42%
Jul 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 46 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Grim Dawn | No Man's Sky |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 4,988 | 7,171 |
| 24-hour peak | 5,975 | 9,762 |
| 7-day average | 4,672 | 8,983 |
| 30-day average | 3,744 | 9,952 |
| 30-day trend | +19% | −36% |
| Peak (tracked) | 7,534 | 26,197 |
| Steam reviews | 94% positive | 85% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 106,682 | 411,616 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 24, 2016 | Aug 12, 2016 |
| Price | $4.99 (−80%) | $23.99 (−60%) |
Full stats: Grim Dawn · No Man's Sky · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Grim Dawn | No Man's Sky | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 12,944 | 17,194 |
| May 2026 | 2,842 | 2,912 | 8,880 | 10,545 |
| Jun 2026 | 3,059 | 6,107 | 12,829 | 26,197 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 4,478 | 7,534 | 9,764 | 16,251 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
No Man's Sky currently has more players: 7,171 concurrent players on Steam vs 4,988 for Grim Dawn — about 44% more players.
Over the last 30 days Grim Dawn averaged 3,744 concurrent players and No Man's Sky averaged 9,952. By that measure No Man's Sky is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: No Man's Sky has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 46 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Grim Dawn rates higher: 94% positive across 106,682 reviews vs 85% across 411,616 for No Man's Sky. No Man's Sky has the larger player base right now (7,171 vs 4,988 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Grim Dawn averaged 3,744 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 19% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 7,534.
No Man's Sky averaged 9,952 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 36% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,197.