Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure games.
Life is Strange 2 is currently the more played game: 318 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 193 for Little Nightmares — about 1.6× more players. Little Nightmares counters with better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 87%. Life is Strange 2 is free to play, while Little Nightmares costs $19.99. Across all tracked metrics, Life is Strange 2 leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Life is Strange 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 37 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
37
Current streak
37 days
Life is Strange 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
11%
Jun 26, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 37 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Life is Strange 2 | Little Nightmares |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 318 | 193 |
| 24-hour peak | 340 | 232 |
| 7-day average | 266 | 193 |
| 30-day average | 259 | 191 |
| 30-day trend | −12% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 573 | 365 |
| Steam reviews | 87% positive | 95% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 95% positive |
| Total reviews | 40,360 | 116,228 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 25, 2018 | Apr 27, 2017 |
| Price | Free to play | $19.99 |
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| Month | Life is Strange 2 | Little Nightmares | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 182 | 245 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 266 | 573 | 175 | 365 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 281 | 487 | 203 | 342 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Life is Strange 2 currently has more players: 318 concurrent players on Steam vs 193 for Little Nightmares — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Life is Strange 2 averaged 259 concurrent players and Little Nightmares averaged 191. By that measure Life is Strange 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Life is Strange 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 37 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Little Nightmares rates higher: 95% positive across 116,228 reviews vs 87% across 40,360 for Life is Strange 2. Life is Strange 2 has the larger player base right now (318 vs 193 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Life is Strange 2 averaged 259 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 573.