Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
New World: Aeternum is currently the more played game: 430 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 429 for SMITE® — a similar number of players. SMITE® counters with better Steam reviews: 79% positive vs 67%. SMITE® is free to play. Across all tracked metrics, SMITE® leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
SMITE® has had the higher daily player count for the last 47 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
47
Current streak
47 days
SMITE®
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
44%
Jun 30, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 47 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | New World: Aeternum | SMITE® |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 430 | 429 |
| 24-hour peak | 565 | 1,402 |
| 7-day average | 493 | 1,028 |
| 30-day average | 507 | 1,046 |
| 30-day trend | −11% | −7% |
| Peak (tracked) | 911 | 1,970 |
| Steam reviews | 67% positive | 79% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 32% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 296,732 | 119,884 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~50,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 27, 2021 | Sep 7, 2015 |
| Price | — | Free to play |
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| Month | New World: Aeternum | SMITE® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 618 | 687 | 1,244 | 1,421 |
| Jun 2026 | 538 | 911 | 1,086 | 1,970 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 503 | 786 | 1,038 | 1,816 |
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: 430 concurrent players on Steam vs 429 for SMITE® — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days New World: Aeternum averaged 507 concurrent players and SMITE® averaged 1,046. By that measure SMITE® is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: SMITE® has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 47 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, SMITE® rates higher: 79% positive across 119,884 reviews vs 67% across 296,732 for New World: Aeternum. New World: Aeternum has the larger player base right now (430 vs 429 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
New World: Aeternum averaged 507 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 11% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 911.
SMITE® averaged 1,046 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,970.