Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie games.
ROUNDS is currently the more played game: 698 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 633 for Papers, Please — a similar number of players. Papers, Please counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 95%. ROUNDS is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, ROUNDS leads 5 of 8.
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| Metric | Papers, Please | ROUNDS |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 633 | 698 |
| 24-hour peak | 751 | 933 |
| 7-day average | 421 | 625 |
| 30-day average | 417 | 625 |
| 30-day trend | — | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 779 | 951 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 95% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 79,809 | 43,854 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 8, 2013 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Price | $9.99 | $2.99 (−50%) |
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ROUNDS currently has more players: 698 concurrent players on Steam vs 633 for Papers, Please — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Papers, Please averaged 417 concurrent players and ROUNDS averaged 625. By that measure ROUNDS is currently the bigger game.
By Steam review score, Papers, Please rates higher: 97% positive across 79,809 reviews vs 95% across 43,854 for ROUNDS. ROUNDS has the larger player base right now (698 vs 633 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.