Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie games.
Project Zomboid is currently the more played game: 20,665 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 13,165 for Unturned — about 1.6× more players. Project Zomboid also has the better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 91%. Unturned is free to play, while Project Zomboid costs $19.99. Across all tracked metrics, Project Zomboid leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Project Zomboid has had the higher daily player count for the last 48 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
48
Current streak
48 days
Project Zomboid
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
34%
Jun 1, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 48 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Project Zomboid | Unturned |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 20,665 | 13,165 |
| 24-hour peak | 31,650 | 14,946 |
| 7-day average | 27,577 | 13,087 |
| 30-day average | 25,970 | 12,953 |
| 30-day trend | +2% | −3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 40,732 | 23,394 |
| Steam reviews | 94% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 92% positive | 87% positive |
| Total reviews | 458,830 | 563,893 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 7, 2013 | Jul 6, 2017 |
| Price | $19.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Project Zomboid | Unturned | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 10,905 | 10,905 |
| May 2026 | 26,844 | 38,458 | 14,551 | 23,394 |
| Jun 2026 | 24,860 | 38,508 | 13,041 | 18,304 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 27,210 | 40,732 | 13,129 | 17,197 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Project Zomboid currently has more players: 20,665 concurrent players on Steam vs 13,165 for Unturned — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Project Zomboid averaged 25,970 concurrent players and Unturned averaged 12,953. By that measure Project Zomboid is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Project Zomboid has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 48 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Project Zomboid rates higher: 94% positive across 458,830 reviews vs 91% across 563,893 for Unturned. Project Zomboid has the larger player base right now (20,665 vs 13,165 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Project Zomboid averaged 25,970 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 40,732.
Unturned averaged 12,953 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 23,394.