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Helldivers 2 vs Hunt: Showdown 1896
HELLDIVERS™ 2 is the more played game right now: 24,868 players on Steam against 8,503 for Hunt: Showdown 1896, about 3× more players. HELLDIVERS™ 2 has been ahead for 146 days straight.
HELLDIVERS™ 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 76% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, HELLDIVERS™ 2 leads 9 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. HELLDIVERS™ 2 is read every 5 minutes, Hunt: Showdown 1896 every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 95.8h in HELLDIVERS™ 2 and 105h in Hunt: Showdown 1896. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
HELLDIVERS™ 2
95.8h
average of 139 members
Hunt: Showdown 1896
105h
average of 56 members
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HELLDIVERS™ 2
41,479Hunt: Showdown 1896
17,083Daily averages · latest day · HELLDIVERS™ 2, 2.4× the players of Hunt: Showdown 1896
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · HELLDIVERS™ 2 is read every 5 minutes, Hunt: Showdown 1896 every 10 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
HELLDIVERS™ 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 146 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
HELLDIVERS™ 2 led 146 daysHunt: Showdown 1896 led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 146
- Current streak
- 146 days
- HELLDIVERS™ 2
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 1%
- Jun 10, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 146 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | HELLDIVERS™ 2 | Hunt: Showdown 1896 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 24,868 | 8,503 |
| 24-hour peak | 60,022 | 32,127 |
| 7-day average | 37,997 | 16,714 |
| 30-day average | 42,314 | 17,461 |
| 30-day trend | −28% | +13% |
| Peak (tracked) | 146,344 | 42,690 |
| Steam reviews | 76% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 84% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,166,213 | 279,836 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 8, 2024 | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Price | $39.99 | $29.99 |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | HELLDIVERS™ 2 | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 39,500 | 57,878 | 10,496 | 13,611 |
| May 2026 | 29,162 | 51,221 | 16,260 | 31,426 |
| Jun 2026 | 25,530 | 44,971 | 17,828 | 42,690 |
| Jul 2026 | 26,843 | 43,373 | 16,129 | 33,283 |
| Aug 2026 | 52,907 | 146,344 | 15,049 | 30,808 |
| Sep 2026 | 45,633 | 92,344 | 17,391 | 40,307 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 39,027 | 61,000 | 16,608 | 32,127 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Helldivers 2 or Hunt: Showdown 1896?
HELLDIVERS™ 2 currently has more players: 24,868 concurrent players on Steam vs 8,503 for Hunt: Showdown 1896, about 3× more players.
Is Helldivers 2 bigger than Hunt: Showdown 1896 on Steam?
Over the last 30 days HELLDIVERS™ 2 averaged 42,314 concurrent players and Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 17,461. By that measure HELLDIVERS™ 2 is currently the bigger game.
Has Hunt: Showdown 1896 ever had more players than HELLDIVERS™ 2?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: HELLDIVERS™ 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 146 days both games have been tracked.
Is Helldivers 2 better than Hunt: Showdown 1896?
By Steam review score, HELLDIVERS™ 2 rates higher: 76% positive across 1,166,213 reviews vs 74% across 279,836 for Hunt: Showdown 1896. HELLDIVERS™ 2 has the larger player base right now (24,868 vs 8,503 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is HELLDIVERS™ 2 growing or declining on Steam?
HELLDIVERS™ 2 averaged 42,314 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 28% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 146,344.
Is Hunt: Showdown 1896 growing or declining on Steam?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 17,461 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,690.
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