Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure / Indie games.
Papers, Please is currently the more played game: 703 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 670 for This War of Mine — a similar number of players. Papers, Please also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 94%. This War of Mine is currently 85% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, This War of Mine leads 5 of 8.
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| Metric | Papers, Please | This War of Mine |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 703 | 670 |
| 24-hour peak | 739 | 1,092 |
| 7-day average | 395 | 661 |
| 30-day average | 395 | 661 |
| 30-day trend | — | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 739 | 1,092 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 89% positive |
| Total reviews | 79,705 | 97,301 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 8, 2013 | Nov 14, 2014 |
| Price | $9.99 | $2.99 (−85%) |
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Papers, Please currently has more players: 703 concurrent players on Steam vs 670 for This War of Mine — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Papers, Please averaged 395 concurrent players and This War of Mine averaged 661. By that measure This War of Mine is currently the bigger game.
By Steam review score, Papers, Please rates higher: 97% positive across 79,705 reviews vs 94% across 97,301 for This War of Mine. Papers, Please has the larger player base right now (703 vs 670 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.