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 6,619 for No Man's Sky — a similar number of players. No Man's Sky counters with better Steam reviews: 85% positive vs 81%. No Man's Sky is currently 60% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, No Man's Sky leads 6 of 8.
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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 4 days — No Man's Sky last led on Jul 4, 2026.
Days tracked
21
Current streak
4 days
The Elder Scrolls® Online
Lead changes
4
Closest gap
1%
Jun 23, 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 | No Man's Sky | The Elder Scrolls® Online |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 6,619 | 6,963 |
| 24-hour peak | 9,762 | 11,643 |
| 7-day average | 8,992 | 7,951 |
| 30-day average | 9,956 | 9,594 |
| 30-day trend | −36% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 26,197 | 15,420 |
| Steam reviews | 85% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 90% positive | 73% positive |
| Total reviews | 411,616 | 160,773 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 12, 2016 | May 22, 2017 |
| Price | $23.99 (−60%) | $19.99 |
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| Month | No Man's Sky | The Elder Scrolls® Online | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 12,944 | 17,194 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 8,880 | 10,545 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 12,829 | 26,197 | 9,779 | 15,420 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,786 | 16,251 | 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 6,619 for No Man's Sky — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days No Man's Sky averaged 9,956 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 9,594. By that measure No Man's Sky is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 21 days Coilr has tracked both games, No Man's Sky had the higher daily average on 10 days, most recently on Jul 4, 2026. The Elder Scrolls® Online has led for the last 4 days.
By Steam review score, No Man's Sky rates higher: 85% positive across 411,616 reviews vs 81% across 160,773 for The Elder Scrolls® Online. The Elder Scrolls® Online has the larger player base right now (6,963 vs 6,619 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
No Man's Sky averaged 9,956 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 36% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,197.