Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Valheim is currently the more played game: 25,842 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 20,349 for Grim Dawn — about 27% more players. Valheim is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Valheim leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Valheim 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
Valheim
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
45%
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 | Valheim |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 20,349 | 25,842 |
| 24-hour peak | 22,505 | 26,889 |
| 7-day average | 5,179 | 18,507 |
| 30-day average | 4,359 | 17,479 |
| 30-day trend | +46% | +13% |
| Peak (tracked) | 22,505 | 34,101 |
| Steam reviews | 94% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 106,886 | 537,875 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 24, 2016 | Feb 1, 2021 |
| Price | $24.99 | $9.99 (−50%) |
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| Month | Grim Dawn | Valheim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 16,644 | 19,638 |
| May 2026 | 2,842 | 2,912 | 16,227 | 27,833 |
| Jun 2026 | 3,060 | 6,107 | 15,603 | 31,394 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 4,712 | 22,505 | 17,845 | 34,101 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Valheim currently has more players: 25,842 concurrent players on Steam vs 20,349 for Grim Dawn — about 27% more players.
Over the last 30 days Grim Dawn averaged 4,359 concurrent players and Valheim averaged 17,479. By that measure Valheim is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Valheim 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, Valheim rates higher: 94% positive across 537,875 reviews vs 94% across 106,886 for Grim Dawn. Valheim has the larger player base right now (25,842 vs 20,349 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Grim Dawn averaged 4,359 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 46% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 22,505.
Valheim averaged 17,479 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 34,101.