Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Where Winds Meet is currently the more played game: 12,907 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 9,985 for Hollow Knight — about 29% more players. Hollow Knight counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 87%. Where Winds Meet is free to play, while Hollow Knight costs $14.99. Across all tracked metrics, Where Winds Meet leads 5 of 8.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Where Winds Meet has had the higher daily player count for the last 38 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
38
Current streak
38 days
Where Winds Meet
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
14%
Jul 9, 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 | Where Winds Meet |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 9,985 | 12,907 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,526 | 18,904 |
| 7-day average | 9,692 | 12,330 |
| 30-day average | 8,421 | 13,601 |
| 30-day trend | — | −20% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,456 | 33,572 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 87% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 94% positive | 79% positive |
| Total reviews | 551,398 | 111,796 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | — |
| Release date | Feb 23, 2017 | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Price | $14.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Hollow Knight | Where Winds Meet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 4,723 | 4,785 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 5,053 | 6,514 | 20,207 | 33,572 |
| Jun 2026 | 6,948 | 13,164 | 15,254 | 31,557 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,744 | 14,456 | 12,939 | 25,223 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Where Winds Meet currently has more players: 12,907 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,985 for Hollow Knight — about 29% more players.
Over the last 30 days Hollow Knight averaged 8,421 concurrent players and Where Winds Meet averaged 13,601. By that measure Where Winds Meet is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Where Winds Meet has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 38 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Hollow Knight rates higher: 97% positive across 551,398 reviews vs 87% across 111,796 for Where Winds Meet. Where Winds Meet has the larger player base right now (12,907 vs 9,985 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Where Winds Meet averaged 13,601 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 33,572.