Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Hollow Knight is currently the more played game: 8,388 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 6,800 for Halo: The Master Chief Collection — about 23% more players. Hollow Knight also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 92%. Across all tracked metrics, Hollow Knight leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Hollow Knight has had the higher daily player count for the last 36 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
36
Current streak
36 days
Hollow Knight
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
11%
Jun 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 36 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Halo: The Master Chief Collection | Hollow Knight |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 6,800 | 8,388 |
| 24-hour peak | 7,749 | 11,902 |
| 7-day average | 4,012 | 9,053 |
| 30-day average | 4,132 | 8,736 |
| 30-day trend | −12% | +40% |
| Peak (tracked) | 8,796 | 14,456 |
| Steam reviews | 92% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 89% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 260,205 | 551,398 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Dec 3, 2019 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Price | $39.99 | $14.99 |
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| Month | Halo: The Master Chief Collection | Hollow Knight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 4,723 | 4,785 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 5,053 | 6,514 |
| Jun 2026 | 4,493 | 8,796 | 6,953 | 13,164 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 4,058 | 7,749 | 9,539 | 14,456 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Hollow Knight currently has more players: 8,388 concurrent players on Steam vs 6,800 for Halo: The Master Chief Collection — about 23% more players.
Over the last 30 days Halo: The Master Chief Collection averaged 4,132 concurrent players and Hollow Knight averaged 8,736. By that measure Hollow Knight is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Hollow Knight has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 36 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Hollow Knight rates higher: 97% positive across 551,398 reviews vs 92% across 260,205 for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Hollow Knight has the larger player base right now (8,388 vs 6,800 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection averaged 4,132 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 8,796.
Hollow Knight averaged 8,736 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 40% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,456.