Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
New World: Aeternum is currently the more played game: 550 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 70 for Z1 Battle Royale — about 8× more players. New World: Aeternum also has the better Steam reviews: 67% positive vs 56%. Z1 Battle Royale is free to play. Across all tracked metrics, New World: Aeternum leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
New World: Aeternum 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
New World: Aeternum
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
91%
Jul 12, 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 | New World: Aeternum | Z1 Battle Royale |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 550 | 70 |
| 24-hour peak | 579 | 128 |
| 7-day average | 499 | 39 |
| 30-day average | 509 | 22 |
| 30-day trend | −10% | +17% |
| Peak (tracked) | 911 | 147 |
| Steam reviews | 67% positive | 56% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 32% positive | 75% positive |
| Total reviews | 296,732 | 202,520 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~50,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 27, 2021 | Feb 27, 2018 |
| Price | — | Free to play |
Full stats: New World: Aeternum · Z1 Battle Royale · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | New World: Aeternum | Z1 Battle Royale | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 618 | 687 | 19 | 29 |
| Jun 2026 | 538 | 911 | 18 | 114 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 507 | 786 | 29 | 147 |
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: 550 concurrent players on Steam vs 70 for Z1 Battle Royale — about 8× more players.
Over the last 30 days New World: Aeternum averaged 509 concurrent players and Z1 Battle Royale averaged 22. By that measure New World: Aeternum is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: New World: Aeternum 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, New World: Aeternum rates higher: 67% positive across 296,732 reviews vs 56% across 202,520 for Z1 Battle Royale. New World: Aeternum has the larger player base right now (550 vs 70 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
New World: Aeternum averaged 509 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 10% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 911.
Z1 Battle Royale averaged 22 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 17% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 147.