Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure games.
New World: Aeternum is currently the more played game: 557 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 318 for Life is Strange 2 — about 1.8× more players. Life is Strange 2 counters with better Steam reviews: 87% positive vs 67%. Life is Strange 2 is free to play. Across all tracked metrics, New World: Aeternum leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
New World: Aeternum has had the higher daily player count for the last 46 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
46
Current streak
46 days
New World: Aeternum
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
38%
Jul 6, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 46 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Life is Strange 2 | New World: Aeternum |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 318 | 557 |
| 24-hour peak | 340 | 584 |
| 7-day average | 266 | 499 |
| 30-day average | 259 | 509 |
| 30-day trend | −12% | −10% |
| Peak (tracked) | 573 | 911 |
| Steam reviews | 87% positive | 67% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 32% positive |
| Total reviews | 40,360 | 296,732 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 25, 2018 | Sep 27, 2021 |
| Price | Free to play | — |
Full stats: Life is Strange 2 · New World: Aeternum · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Life is Strange 2 | New World: Aeternum | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 182 | 245 | 618 | 687 |
| Jun 2026 | 266 | 573 | 538 | 911 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 281 | 487 | 506 | 786 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
New World: Aeternum currently has more players: 557 concurrent players on Steam vs 318 for Life is Strange 2 — about 1.8× more players.
Over the last 30 days Life is Strange 2 averaged 259 concurrent players and New World: Aeternum averaged 509. By that measure New World: Aeternum is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: New World: Aeternum has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 46 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Life is Strange 2 rates higher: 87% positive across 40,360 reviews vs 67% across 296,732 for New World: Aeternum. New World: Aeternum has the larger player base right now (557 vs 318 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.
New World: Aeternum averaged 509 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 10% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 911.