Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / RPG games.
Rust is currently the more played game: 142,448 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 84,665 for Project Zomboid — about 1.7× more players. Project Zomboid counters with better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 87%. Rust is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Rust leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Rust has had the higher daily player count for the last 66 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
66
Current streak
66 days
Rust
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
36%
Jul 30, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 66 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Project Zomboid | Rust |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 84,665 | 142,448 |
| 24-hour peak | 84,665 | 142,448 |
| 7-day average | 38,166 | 100,040 |
| 30-day average | 29,767 | 105,561 |
| 30-day trend | +20% | +2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 84,665 | 220,224 |
| Steam reviews | 94% positive | 87% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 93% positive | 77% positive |
| Total reviews | 461,519 | 1,383,467 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 8, 2013 | Feb 8, 2018 |
| Price | $24.99 | $19.99 (−50%) |
Full stats: Project Zomboid · Rust · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Project Zomboid | Rust | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 26,844 | 38,458 | 95,781 | 182,883 |
| Jun 2026 | 24,896 | 38,508 | 104,094 | 220,224 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 29,753 | 84,665 | 104,986 | 197,140 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Rust currently has more players: 142,448 concurrent players on Steam vs 84,665 for Project Zomboid — about 1.7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Project Zomboid averaged 29,767 concurrent players and Rust averaged 105,561. By that measure Rust is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Rust has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 66 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Project Zomboid rates higher: 94% positive across 461,519 reviews vs 87% across 1,383,467 for Rust. Rust has the larger player base right now (142,448 vs 84,665 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Project Zomboid averaged 29,767 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 84,665.
Rust averaged 105,561 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.