Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure games.
Little Nightmares is currently the more played game: 203 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 104 for Z1 Battle Royale — about 2.0× more players. Little Nightmares also has the better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 56%. Z1 Battle Royale is free to play, while Little Nightmares costs $19.99. Across all tracked metrics, Little Nightmares leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Little Nightmares 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
Little Nightmares
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
77%
Jul 12, 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 | Little Nightmares | Z1 Battle Royale |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 203 | 104 |
| 24-hour peak | 232 | 128 |
| 7-day average | 193 | 39 |
| 30-day average | 191 | 22 |
| 30-day trend | — | +16% |
| Peak (tracked) | 365 | 147 |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive | 56% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 75% positive |
| Total reviews | 116,228 | 202,520 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 27, 2017 | Feb 27, 2018 |
| Price | $19.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Little Nightmares | Z1 Battle Royale | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | — | — | 19 | 29 |
| Jun 2026 | 175 | 365 | 18 | 114 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 203 | 342 | 28 | 147 |
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: 203 concurrent players on Steam vs 104 for Z1 Battle Royale — about 2.0× more players.
Over the last 30 days Little Nightmares averaged 191 concurrent players and Z1 Battle Royale averaged 22. By that measure Little Nightmares is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Little Nightmares 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 56% across 202,520 for Z1 Battle Royale. Little Nightmares has the larger player base right now (203 vs 104 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Z1 Battle Royale averaged 22 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 16% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 147.