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Hunt: Showdown 1896 vs Squad
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the more played game right now: 22,671 players on Steam against 10,585 for Squad, about 2.1× more players. Hunt: Showdown 1896 has been ahead for 64 days straight, and has led on 82 days of the 83 days Coilr has tracked both games.
Squad counters with better Steam reviews: 81% positive vs 74%. Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently 60% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Hunt: Showdown 1896 leads 8 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Hunt: Showdown 1896 is read every 10 minutes, Squad every 30 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 103h in Hunt: Showdown 1896 and 188h in Squad. 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.
Hunt: Showdown 1896
103h
average of 48 members
Squad
188h
average of 44 members
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Hunt: Showdown 1896
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8,457Daily averages · latest day · Hunt: Showdown 1896, 95% ahead of Squad
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Hunt: Showdown 1896 is read every 10 minutes, Squad every 30 minutes · methodology
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.
Head-to-head record
Hunt: Showdown 1896 has had the higher daily player count for the last 64 days. Squad last led on Aug 4, 2026.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 led 82 daysSquad led 1 day
- Days tracked
- 83
- Current streak
- 64 days
- Hunt: Showdown 1896
- Lead changes
- 2
- Closest gap
- <1%
- Aug 4, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 83 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | Squad |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 22,671 | 10,585 |
| 24-hour peak | 29,806 | 12,891 |
| 7-day average | 16,677 | 9,528 |
| 30-day average | 17,846 | 9,822 |
| 30-day trend | +20% | −17% |
| Peak (tracked) | 42,690 | 22,254 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 68% positive | 79% positive |
| Total reviews | 279,405 | 244,919 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2019 | Sep 23, 2020 |
| Price | $11.99 (−60%) | $19.99 (−50%) |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | Squad | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 10,496 | 13,611 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 16,260 | 31,426 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 17,828 | 42,690 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 16,129 | 33,283 | 11,936 | 19,928 |
| Aug 2026 | 15,049 | 30,808 | 12,422 | 22,254 |
| Sep 2026 | 17,388 | 40,307 | 9,497 | 21,078 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 16,708 | 31,137 | 9,457 | 17,242 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Hunt: Showdown 1896 or Squad?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 currently has more players: 22,671 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,585 for Squad, about 2.1× more players.
Is Hunt: Showdown 1896 bigger than Squad on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 17,846 concurrent players and Squad averaged 9,822. By that measure Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently the bigger game.
Has Squad ever had more players than Hunt: Showdown 1896?
Yes. Across the 83 days Coilr has tracked both games, Squad had the higher daily average on 1 day, most recently on Aug 4, 2026. Hunt: Showdown 1896 has led for the last 64 days.
Is Hunt: Showdown 1896 better than Squad?
By Steam review score, Squad rates higher: 81% positive across 244,919 reviews vs 74% across 279,405 for Hunt: Showdown 1896. Hunt: Showdown 1896 has the larger player base right now (22,671 vs 10,585 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Hunt: Showdown 1896 growing or declining on Steam?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 17,846 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,690.
Is Squad growing or declining on Steam?
Squad averaged 9,822 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 17% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 22,254.
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