Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently the more played game: 12,630 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 9,176 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — about 38% more players. The Elder Scrolls® Online counters with better Steam reviews: 81% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, Hunt: Showdown 1896 leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Hunt: Showdown 1896 has had the higher daily player count for the last 24 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
24
Current streak
24 days
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
18%
Jul 19, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 24 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | The Elder Scrolls® Online |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 12,630 | 9,176 |
| 24-hour peak | 28,708 | 12,975 |
| 7-day average | 15,773 | 8,998 |
| 30-day average | 16,844 | 9,545 |
| 30-day trend | −4% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 42,690 | 15,420 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 67% positive | 71% positive |
| Total reviews | 275,582 | 160,891 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 26, 2019 | May 22, 2017 |
| Price | $29.99 | $19.99 |
Full stats: Hunt: Showdown 1896 · The Elder Scrolls® Online · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | The Elder Scrolls® Online | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 10,496 | 13,611 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 16,260 | 31,426 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 17,803 | 42,690 | 9,779 | 15,420 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,257 | 33,550 | 9,298 | 14,097 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Hunt: Showdown 1896 currently has more players: 12,630 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,176 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — about 38% more players.
Over the last 30 days Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 16,844 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 9,545. By that measure Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Hunt: Showdown 1896 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 24 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, The Elder Scrolls® Online rates higher: 81% positive across 160,891 reviews vs 74% across 275,582 for Hunt: Showdown 1896. Hunt: Showdown 1896 has the larger player base right now (12,630 vs 9,176 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 16,844 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,690.