Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
The Elder Scrolls® Online is currently the more played game: 6,963 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 5,811 for Lost Ark — about 20% more players. The Elder Scrolls® Online also has the better Steam reviews: 81% positive vs 70%. Lost Ark is free to play, while The Elder Scrolls® Online costs $19.99. Across all tracked metrics, The Elder Scrolls® Online leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
The Elder Scrolls® Online has had the higher daily player count for the last 21 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
21
Current streak
21 days
The Elder Scrolls® Online
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
12%
Jul 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 21 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Lost Ark | The Elder Scrolls® Online |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 5,811 | 6,963 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,396 | 11,643 |
| 7-day average | 5,179 | 7,951 |
| 30-day average | 5,868 | 9,594 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 11,760 | 15,420 |
| Steam reviews | 70% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 47% positive | 73% positive |
| Total reviews | 203,175 | 160,773 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~50,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 10, 2022 | May 22, 2017 |
| Price | Free to play | $19.99 |
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| Month | Lost Ark | The Elder Scrolls® Online | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 5,030 | 5,030 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 8,418 | 8,622 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 5,984 | 11,760 | 9,779 | 15,420 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 5,537 | 11,396 | 9,296 | 14,097 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
The Elder Scrolls® Online currently has more players: 6,963 concurrent players on Steam vs 5,811 for Lost Ark — about 20% more players.
Over the last 30 days Lost Ark averaged 5,868 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 9,594. By that measure The Elder Scrolls® Online is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: The Elder Scrolls® Online has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 21 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, The Elder Scrolls® Online rates higher: 81% positive across 160,773 reviews vs 70% across 203,175 for Lost Ark. The Elder Scrolls® Online has the larger player base right now (6,963 vs 5,811 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Lost Ark averaged 5,868 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 11,760.