Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Free To Play games.
Lost Ark is currently the more played game: 11,337 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 10,928 for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel — a similar number of players. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel counters with better Steam reviews: 72% positive vs 70%. Across all tracked metrics, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel 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
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
12%
May 28, 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 | Lost Ark | Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 11,337 | 10,928 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,396 | 18,586 |
| 7-day average | 5,082 | 13,264 |
| 30-day average | 5,819 | 12,915 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | −18% |
| Peak (tracked) | 11,760 | 37,152 |
| Steam reviews | 70% positive | 72% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 47% positive | 54% positive |
| Total reviews | 203,175 | 99,876 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~50,000,000 | — |
| Release date | Feb 10, 2022 | Jan 17, 2022 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Lost Ark | Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 5,030 | 5,030 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 8,418 | 8,622 | 12,789 | 18,121 |
| Jun 2026 | 5,992 | 11,760 | 15,045 | 37,152 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 5,449 | 11,396 | 12,121 | 25,317 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Lost Ark currently has more players: 11,337 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,928 for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Lost Ark averaged 5,819 concurrent players and Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel averaged 12,915. By that measure Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel 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, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel rates higher: 72% positive across 99,876 reviews vs 70% across 203,175 for Lost Ark. Lost Ark has the larger player base right now (11,337 vs 10,928 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Lost Ark averaged 5,819 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 11,760.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel averaged 12,915 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 18% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,152.