Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure games.
Little Nightmares is currently the more played game: 155 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 145 for Paladins® — a similar number of players. Little Nightmares also has the better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 85%. Paladins® is free to play, while Little Nightmares costs $19.99. Across all tracked metrics, Paladins® leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Paladins® has had the higher daily player count for the last 38 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
38
Current streak
38 days
Paladins®
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
69%
Jun 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 38 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Little Nightmares | Paladins® |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 155 | 145 |
| 24-hour peak | 231 | 1,078 |
| 7-day average | 190 | 770 |
| 30-day average | 191 | 749 |
| 30-day trend | — | −3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 365 | 1,399 |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive | 85% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 83% positive |
| Total reviews | 116,228 | 345,362 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 27, 2017 | May 7, 2018 |
| Price | $19.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Little Nightmares | Paladins® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | — | — | 804 | 1,209 |
| Jun 2026 | 175 | 365 | 759 | 1,399 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 201 | 342 | 750 | 1,378 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Little Nightmares currently has more players: 155 concurrent players on Steam vs 145 for Paladins® — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Little Nightmares averaged 191 concurrent players and Paladins® averaged 749. By that measure Paladins® is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Paladins® has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 38 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Little Nightmares rates higher: 95% positive across 116,228 reviews vs 85% across 345,362 for Paladins®. Little Nightmares has the larger player base right now (155 vs 145 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Paladins® averaged 749 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,399.