Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Early Access games.
Valheim is currently the more played game: 19,555 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 14,979 for Phasmophobia — about 31% more players. Valheim is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Valheim leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Valheim has had the higher daily player count for the last 62 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
62
Current streak
62 days
Valheim
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
16%
Apr 15, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 62 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Phasmophobia | Valheim |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 14,979 | 19,555 |
| 24-hour peak | 20,046 | 27,253 |
| 7-day average | 9,577 | 18,319 |
| 30-day average | 8,245 | 17,393 |
| 30-day trend | −9% | +12% |
| Peak (tracked) | 24,848 | 34,101 |
| Steam reviews | 94% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 83% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 834,206 | 537,875 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 17, 2020 | Feb 1, 2021 |
| Price | $13.99 (−30%) | $9.99 (−50%) |
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| Month | Phasmophobia | Valheim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 12,564 | 16,011 | 16,644 | 19,638 |
| May 2026 | 13,327 | 24,848 | 16,227 | 27,833 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,401 | 16,310 | 15,603 | 31,394 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 8,474 | 22,613 | 17,891 | 34,101 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Valheim currently has more players: 19,555 concurrent players on Steam vs 14,979 for Phasmophobia — about 31% more players.
Over the last 30 days Phasmophobia averaged 8,245 concurrent players and Valheim averaged 17,393. By that measure Valheim is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Valheim has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 62 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Phasmophobia rates higher: 94% positive across 834,206 reviews vs 94% across 537,875 for Valheim. Valheim has the larger player base right now (19,555 vs 14,979 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Phasmophobia averaged 8,245 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 24,848.
Valheim averaged 17,393 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 34,101.