Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Hollow Knight is currently the more played game: 8,579 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 6,963 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — about 23% more players. Hollow Knight also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 81%. Across all tracked metrics, Hollow Knight leads 5 of 8.
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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 1 day — The Elder Scrolls® Online last led on Jul 15, 2026.
Days tracked
21
Current streak
1 day
Hollow Knight
Lead changes
7
Closest gap
<1%
Jul 2, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 21 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Hollow Knight | The Elder Scrolls® Online |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,579 | 6,963 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,526 | 11,643 |
| 7-day average | 9,570 | 7,951 |
| 30-day average | 8,480 | 9,594 |
| 30-day trend | — | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,456 | 15,420 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 94% positive | 73% positive |
| Total reviews | 551,398 | 160,773 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 23, 2017 | May 22, 2017 |
| Price | $14.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Hollow Knight | The Elder Scrolls® Online | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 4,723 | 4,785 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 5,053 | 6,514 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 6,951 | 13,164 | 9,779 | 15,420 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,648 | 14,456 | 9,296 | 14,097 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Hollow Knight currently has more players: 8,579 concurrent players on Steam vs 6,963 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — about 23% more players.
Over the last 30 days Hollow Knight averaged 8,480 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 9,594. By that measure The Elder Scrolls® Online is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 21 days Coilr has tracked both games, The Elder Scrolls® Online had the higher daily average on 17 days, most recently on Jul 15, 2026. Hollow Knight has led for the last 1 day.
By Steam review score, Hollow Knight rates higher: 97% positive across 551,398 reviews vs 81% across 160,773 for The Elder Scrolls® Online. Hollow Knight has the larger player base right now (8,579 vs 6,963 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.