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Killing Floor 2 vs Phasmophobia
Killing Floor 2 is the more played game right now: 6,334 players on Steam against 5,928 for Phasmophobia, a similar number of players. Phasmophobia has been ahead for 96 days straight.
Phasmophobia counters with better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 88%. Across all tracked metrics, Phasmophobia leads 8 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Killing Floor 2 is read every 30 minutes, Phasmophobia every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 24.1h in Killing Floor 2 and 35.4h in Phasmophobia. 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.
Killing Floor 2
24.1h
average of 58 members
Phasmophobia
35.4h
average of 137 members
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Killing Floor 2
6,029Phasmophobia
10,423Daily averages · latest day · Phasmophobia, 73% ahead of Killing Floor 2
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Killing Floor 2 is read every 30 minutes, Phasmophobia every 10 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
Phasmophobia has had the higher daily player count for the last 96 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Killing Floor 2 led 0 daysPhasmophobia led 96 days
- Days tracked
- 96
- Current streak
- 96 days
- Phasmophobia
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 20%
- Oct 7, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 96 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 | Killing Floor 2 | Phasmophobia |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 6,334 | 5,928 |
| 24-hour peak | 6,769 | 18,017 |
| 7-day average | 5,570 | 11,273 |
| 30-day average | 5,091 | 9,737 |
| 30-day trend | +14% | +4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 7,400 | 24,848 |
| Steam reviews | 88% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 83% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 129,520 | 841,483 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 18, 2016 | Sep 18, 2020 |
| Price | $29.99 | $19.99 |
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 | Killing Floor 2 | Phasmophobia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 12,564 | 16,011 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 13,327 | 24,848 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 8,396 | 16,310 |
| Jul 2026 | 4,022 | 5,997 | 9,549 | 22,613 |
| Aug 2026 | 4,342 | 6,361 | 9,826 | 18,026 |
| Sep 2026 | 4,189 | 5,773 | 8,795 | 18,012 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 5,764 | 7,400 | 10,596 | 22,422 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Killing Floor 2 or Phasmophobia?
Killing Floor 2 currently has more players: 6,334 concurrent players on Steam vs 5,928 for Phasmophobia, a similar number of players.
Is Killing Floor 2 bigger than Phasmophobia on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Killing Floor 2 averaged 5,091 concurrent players and Phasmophobia averaged 9,737. By that measure Phasmophobia is currently the bigger game.
Has Killing Floor 2 ever had more players than Phasmophobia?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Phasmophobia has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 96 days both games have been tracked.
Is Killing Floor 2 better than Phasmophobia?
By Steam review score, Phasmophobia rates higher: 94% positive across 841,483 reviews vs 88% across 129,520 for Killing Floor 2. Killing Floor 2 has the larger player base right now (6,334 vs 5,928 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Killing Floor 2 growing or declining on Steam?
Killing Floor 2 averaged 5,091 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 14% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 7,400.
Is Phasmophobia growing or declining on Steam?
Phasmophobia averaged 9,737 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 24,848.
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