Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Monster Hunter: World is currently the more played game: 12,425 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 11,230 for Hogwarts Legacy, a similar number of players. Monster Hunter: World has been ahead for 91 days straight. Hogwarts Legacy is currently 90% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Monster Hunter: World leads 7 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.
Coilr members average 38.4h in Hogwarts Legacy and 70.7h in Monster Hunter: World. 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.

Hogwarts Legacy
38.4h
average of 38 members

Monster Hunter: World
70.7h
average of 48 members
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Monster Hunter: World has had the higher daily player count for the last 91 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
91
Current streak
91 days
Monster Hunter: World
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
29%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 91 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Hogwarts Legacy | Monster Hunter: World |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 11,230 | 12,425 |
| 24-hour peak | 12,485 | 25,408 |
| 7-day average | 5,229 | 12,740 |
| 30-day average | 4,741 | 14,280 |
| 30-day trend | −11% | −17% |
| Peak (tracked) | 12,485 | 50,687 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 83% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 371,582 | 516,022 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 10, 2023 | Aug 8, 2018 |
| Price | $5.99 (−90%) | $29.99 |
Full stats: Hogwarts Legacy · Monster Hunter: World · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Hogwarts Legacy | Monster Hunter: World | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 4,256 | 4,256 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 5,985 | 6,278 | 8,419 | 11,801 |
| Jun 2026 | 5,517 | 11,100 | 21,104 | 50,687 |
| Jul 2026 | 5,333 | 10,296 | 17,154 | 40,029 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 4,777 | 12,485 | 14,263 | 31,199 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Monster Hunter: World currently has more players: 12,425 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,230 for Hogwarts Legacy, a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Hogwarts Legacy averaged 4,741 concurrent players and Monster Hunter: World averaged 14,280. By that measure Monster Hunter: World is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Monster Hunter: World has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 91 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Hogwarts Legacy rates higher: 90% positive across 371,582 reviews vs 89% across 516,022 for Monster Hunter: World. Monster Hunter: World has the larger player base right now (12,425 vs 11,230 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Hogwarts Legacy averaged 4,741 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 11% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 12,485.
Monster Hunter: World averaged 14,280 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 17% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 50,687.