Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are RPG games.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is currently the more played game: 31,118 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 21,187 for Grim Dawn — about 47% more players. Grim Dawn counters with better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 92%. Across all tracked metrics, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition 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
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
59%
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 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 21,187 | 31,118 |
| 24-hour peak | 22,505 | 31,949 |
| 7-day average | 5,114 | 25,214 |
| 30-day average | 4,342 | 25,323 |
| 30-day trend | +46% | ±0% |
| Peak (tracked) | 22,505 | 41,652 |
| Steam reviews | 94% positive | 92% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 106,886 | 371,064 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 24, 2016 | Oct 26, 2016 |
| Price | $24.99 | $39.99 |
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| Month | Grim Dawn | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 19,849 | 22,953 |
| May 2026 | 2,842 | 2,912 | 24,034 | 39,633 |
| Jun 2026 | 3,060 | 6,107 | 25,088 | 40,937 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 4,714 | 22,505 | 25,525 | 41,652 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition currently has more players: 31,118 concurrent players on Steam vs 21,187 for Grim Dawn — about 47% more players.
Over the last 30 days Grim Dawn averaged 4,342 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition averaged 25,323. By that measure The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition 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, Grim Dawn rates higher: 94% positive across 106,886 reviews vs 92% across 371,064 for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition has the larger player base right now (31,118 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.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition averaged 25,323 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 41,652.