Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / RPG games.
PAYDAY 2 is currently the more played game: 32,849 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 22,677 for Grim Dawn — about 45% more players. Grim Dawn counters with better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 89%. PAYDAY 2 is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, PAYDAY 2 leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
PAYDAY 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 56 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
56
Current streak
56 days
PAYDAY 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
33%
Jul 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 56 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Grim Dawn | PAYDAY 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 22,677 | 32,849 |
| 24-hour peak | 26,294 | 33,195 |
| 7-day average | 9,043 | 30,114 |
| 30-day average | 5,415 | 30,281 |
| 30-day trend | +86% | +5% |
| Peak (tracked) | 26,294 | 36,219 |
| Steam reviews | 94% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 107,489 | 673,674 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 25, 2016 | Aug 13, 2013 |
| Price | $24.99 | $4.99 (−50%) |
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| Month | Grim Dawn | PAYDAY 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 16,764 | 26,468 |
| May 2026 | 2,842 | 2,912 | 25,803 | 33,915 |
| Jun 2026 | 3,060 | 6,107 | 28,987 | 35,496 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 5,837 | 26,294 | 30,509 | 36,219 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
PAYDAY 2 currently has more players: 32,849 concurrent players on Steam vs 22,677 for Grim Dawn — about 45% more players.
Over the last 30 days Grim Dawn averaged 5,415 concurrent players and PAYDAY 2 averaged 30,281. By that measure PAYDAY 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: PAYDAY 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 56 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Grim Dawn rates higher: 94% positive across 107,489 reviews vs 89% across 673,674 for PAYDAY 2. PAYDAY 2 has the larger player base right now (32,849 vs 22,677 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Grim Dawn averaged 5,415 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 86% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,294.
PAYDAY 2 averaged 30,281 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 36,219.