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HELLDIVERS 2 vs Hunt: Showdown 1896
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
HELLDIVERS™ 2 is currently the more played game: 56,383 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 12,831 for Hunt: Showdown 1896, about 4× more players. HELLDIVERS™ 2 has been ahead for 101 days straight. Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently 60% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, HELLDIVERS™ 2 leads 10 of 10.
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.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 88.2h in HELLDIVERS™ 2 and 56.5h 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
88.2h
average of 71 members
Hunt: Showdown 1896
56.5h
average of 31 members
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Player count history
HELLDIVERS™ 2Hunt: Showdown 1896
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
HELLDIVERS™ 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 101 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
HELLDIVERS™ 2 led 101 daysHunt: Showdown 1896 led 0 days
Days tracked
101
Current streak
101 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 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 101 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | HELLDIVERS™ 2 | Hunt: Showdown 1896 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 56,383 | 12,831 |
| 24-hour peak | 69,855 | 26,691 |
| 7-day average | 59,930 | 14,336 |
| 30-day average | 50,146 | 14,790 |
| 30-day trend | +87% | −9% |
| Peak (tracked) | 146,751 | 42,690 |
| Steam reviews | 75% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 82% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,157,061 | 277,169 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 8, 2024 | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Price | $39.99 | $15.99 (−60%) |
Full stats: HELLDIVERS™ 2 · Hunt: Showdown 1896 · add more games to this comparison →
Players by month
| 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 | 26,841 | 43,373 | 16,126 | 33,283 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 51,888 | 146,751 | 14,793 | 30,779 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Frequently asked
Which has more players, HELLDIVERS 2 or Hunt: Showdown 1896?
HELLDIVERS™ 2 currently has more players: 56,383 concurrent players on Steam vs 12,831 for Hunt: Showdown 1896, about 4× more players.
Is HELLDIVERS 2 bigger than Hunt: Showdown 1896 on Steam?
Over the last 30 days HELLDIVERS™ 2 averaged 50,146 concurrent players and Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 14,790. 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 101 days both games have been tracked.
Is HELLDIVERS 2 better than Hunt: Showdown 1896?
By Steam review score, HELLDIVERS™ 2 rates higher: 75% positive across 1,157,061 reviews vs 74% across 277,169 for Hunt: Showdown 1896. HELLDIVERS™ 2 has the larger player base right now (56,383 vs 12,831 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is HELLDIVERS™ 2 growing or declining on Steam?
HELLDIVERS™ 2 averaged 50,146 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 87% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 146,751.
Is Hunt: Showdown 1896 growing or declining on Steam?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 14,790 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,690.
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