Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Valheim is currently the more played game: 16,264 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 12,331 for Resident Evil 4 — about 32% more players. Resident Evil 4 counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 94%. Valheim is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Valheim leads 8 of 10.
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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 9 days — Resident Evil 4 last led on Jun 9, 2026.
Days tracked
15
Current streak
9 days
Valheim
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
3%
Jun 9, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 15 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Resident Evil 4 | Valheim |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 12,331 | 16,264 |
| 24-hour peak | 13,036 | 28,179 |
| 7-day average | 9,836 | 17,960 |
| 30-day average | 9,815 | 17,350 |
| 30-day trend | −33% | +12% |
| Peak (tracked) | 27,387 | 34,101 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 98% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 266,241 | 537,875 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 23, 2023 | Feb 1, 2021 |
| Price | $39.99 | $9.99 (−50%) |
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| Month | Resident Evil 4 | Valheim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 19,227 | 19,227 | 16,644 | 19,638 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 16,227 | 27,833 |
| Jun 2026 | 14,169 | 27,387 | 15,601 | 31,394 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,745 | 14,895 | 17,799 | 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: 16,264 concurrent players on Steam vs 12,331 for Resident Evil 4 — about 32% more players.
Over the last 30 days Resident Evil 4 averaged 9,815 concurrent players and Valheim averaged 17,350. By that measure Valheim is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 15 days Coilr has tracked both games, Resident Evil 4 had the higher daily average on 3 days, most recently on Jun 9, 2026. Valheim has led for the last 9 days.
By Steam review score, Resident Evil 4 rates higher: 97% positive across 266,241 reviews vs 94% across 537,875 for Valheim. Valheim has the larger player base right now (16,264 vs 12,331 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Resident Evil 4 averaged 9,815 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 33% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 27,387.
Valheim averaged 17,350 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 34,101.