Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Free To Play games.
Wuthering Waves is currently the more played game: 18,822 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 14,773 for Heartopia — about 27% more players. Wuthering Waves also has the better Steam reviews: 88% positive vs 66%. Wuthering Waves is free to play. Across all tracked metrics, Wuthering Waves leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Wuthering Waves has had the higher daily player count for the last 50 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
50
Current streak
50 days
Wuthering Waves
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
6%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 50 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Heartopia | Wuthering Waves |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 14,773 | 18,822 |
| 24-hour peak | 16,380 | 22,579 |
| 7-day average | 12,166 | 21,298 |
| 30-day average | 9,632 | 16,724 |
| 30-day trend | −12% | −13% |
| Peak (tracked) | 22,337 | 49,168 |
| Steam reviews | 66% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 68% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 14,807 | 51,752 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | — |
| Release date | Jan 15, 2026 | Apr 27, 2025 |
| Price | — | Free to play |
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| Month | Heartopia | Wuthering Waves | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 12,875 | 19,379 | 15,228 | 21,792 |
| Jun 2026 | 9,839 | 20,248 | 18,454 | 49,168 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 10,071 | 22,337 | 16,718 | 39,944 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Wuthering Waves currently has more players: 18,822 concurrent players on Steam vs 14,773 for Heartopia — about 27% more players.
Over the last 30 days Heartopia averaged 9,632 concurrent players and Wuthering Waves averaged 16,724. By that measure Wuthering Waves is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Wuthering Waves has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 50 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Wuthering Waves rates higher: 88% positive across 51,752 reviews vs 66% across 14,807 for Heartopia. Wuthering Waves has the larger player base right now (18,822 vs 14,773 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Heartopia averaged 9,632 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 22,337.
Wuthering Waves averaged 16,724 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 49,168.