Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Lost Ark is currently the more played game: 11,337 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 9,985 for Hollow Knight — a similar number of players. Hollow Knight counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 70%. Lost Ark is free to play, while Hollow Knight costs $14.99. Across all tracked metrics, Hollow Knight leads 7 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 20 days — Lost Ark last led on Jun 25, 2026.
Days tracked
38
Current streak
20 days
Hollow Knight
Lead changes
7
Closest gap
2%
Jun 19, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 38 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Hollow Knight | Lost Ark |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 9,985 | 11,337 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,526 | 11,396 |
| 7-day average | 9,692 | 5,082 |
| 30-day average | 8,421 | 5,819 |
| 30-day trend | — | ±0% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,456 | 11,760 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 70% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 94% positive | 47% positive |
| Total reviews | 551,398 | 203,175 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 23, 2017 | Feb 10, 2022 |
| Price | $14.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Hollow Knight | Lost Ark | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 4,723 | 4,785 | 5,030 | 5,030 |
| May 2026 | 5,053 | 6,514 | 8,418 | 8,622 |
| Jun 2026 | 6,948 | 13,164 | 5,992 | 11,760 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,744 | 14,456 | 5,449 | 11,396 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Lost Ark currently has more players: 11,337 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,985 for Hollow Knight — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Hollow Knight averaged 8,421 concurrent players and Lost Ark averaged 5,819. By that measure Hollow Knight is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 38 days Coilr has tracked both games, Lost Ark had the higher daily average on 9 days, most recently on Jun 25, 2026. Hollow Knight has led for the last 20 days.
By Steam review score, Hollow Knight rates higher: 97% positive across 551,398 reviews vs 70% across 203,175 for Lost Ark. Lost Ark has the larger player base right now (11,337 vs 9,985 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Lost Ark averaged 5,819 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 11,760.