Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / RPG games.
Project Zomboid is currently the more played game: 32,067 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 21,187 for Grim Dawn — about 1.5× more players. Across all tracked metrics, Project Zomboid leads 7 of 8.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Project Zomboid has had the higher daily player count for the last 54 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
54
Current streak
54 days
Project Zomboid
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
63%
Jul 23, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 54 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Grim Dawn | Project Zomboid |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 21,187 | 32,067 |
| 24-hour peak | 22,505 | 32,433 |
| 7-day average | 5,114 | 27,062 |
| 30-day average | 4,342 | 26,660 |
| 30-day trend | +46% | +6% |
| Peak (tracked) | 22,505 | 40,732 |
| Steam reviews | 94% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 106,886 | 460,282 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 24, 2016 | Nov 7, 2013 |
| Price | $24.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Grim Dawn | Project Zomboid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 2,842 | 2,912 | 26,844 | 38,458 |
| Jun 2026 | 3,060 | 6,107 | 24,875 | 38,508 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 4,714 | 22,505 | 27,187 | 40,732 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Project Zomboid currently has more players: 32,067 concurrent players on Steam vs 21,187 for Grim Dawn — about 1.5× more players.
Over the last 30 days Grim Dawn averaged 4,342 concurrent players and Project Zomboid averaged 26,660. By that measure Project Zomboid is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Project Zomboid has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 54 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Project Zomboid rates higher: 94% positive across 460,282 reviews vs 94% across 106,886 for Grim Dawn. Project Zomboid has the larger player base right now (32,067 vs 21,187 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Grim Dawn averaged 4,342 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 46% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 22,505.
Project Zomboid averaged 26,660 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 40,732.