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Hunt: Showdown 1896 vs Rainbow Six Siege
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is the more played game right now: 48,846 players on Steam against 29,137 for Hunt: Showdown 1896, about 1.7× more players. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has been ahead for 141 days straight.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege also has the better Steam reviews: 82% positive vs 74%. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is free to play, while Hunt: Showdown 1896 costs $11.99 (−60%). Across all tracked metrics, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege leads 9 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Hunt: Showdown 1896 is read every 10 minutes, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege every 5 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 103h in Hunt: Showdown 1896 and 376h in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. 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
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
376h
average of 150 members
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Hunt: Showdown 1896
16,396Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
49,529Daily averages · latest day · Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, 3.0× the players of Hunt: Showdown 1896
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Hunt: Showdown 1896 is read every 10 minutes, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege every 5 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
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has had the higher daily player count for the last 141 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 led 0 daysTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege led 141 days
- Days tracked
- 141
- Current streak
- 141 days
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 62%
- Jul 5, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 141 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 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 29,137 | 48,846 |
| 24-hour peak | 29,806 | 68,540 |
| 7-day average | 16,676 | 56,754 |
| 30-day average | 17,839 | 62,182 |
| 30-day trend | +20% | −3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 42,690 | 120,709 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 82% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 68% positive | 73% positive |
| Total reviews | 279,405 | 1,559,083 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2019 | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Price | $11.99 (−60%) | Free to play |
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 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 10,496 | 13,611 | 73,613 | 89,588 |
| May 2026 | 16,260 | 31,426 | 66,480 | 87,338 |
| Jun 2026 | 17,828 | 42,690 | 62,610 | 118,579 |
| Jul 2026 | 16,129 | 33,283 | 51,307 | 75,693 |
| Aug 2026 | 15,049 | 30,808 | 61,123 | 103,423 |
| Sep 2026 | 17,388 | 40,307 | 65,372 | 120,709 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 16,546 | 31,137 | 56,221 | 96,161 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Hunt: Showdown 1896 or Rainbow Six Siege?
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege currently has more players: 48,846 concurrent players on Steam vs 29,137 for Hunt: Showdown 1896, about 1.7× more players.
Is Hunt: Showdown 1896 bigger than Rainbow Six Siege on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 17,839 concurrent players and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege averaged 62,182. By that measure Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is currently the bigger game.
Has Hunt: Showdown 1896 ever had more players than Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 141 days both games have been tracked.
Is Hunt: Showdown 1896 better than Rainbow Six Siege?
By Steam review score, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege rates higher: 82% positive across 1,559,083 reviews vs 74% across 279,405 for Hunt: Showdown 1896. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has the larger player base right now (48,846 vs 29,137 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 17,839 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,690.
Is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege growing or declining on Steam?
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege averaged 62,182 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 120,709.
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