Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Rust is currently the more played game: 130,482 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 27,950 for Valheim — about 5× more players. Valheim 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 April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Rust has had the higher daily player count for the last 67 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
67
Current streak
67 days
Rust
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
77%
Jul 26, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 67 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Rust | Valheim |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 130,482 | 27,950 |
| 24-hour peak | 137,985 | 27,950 |
| 7-day average | 100,946 | 17,731 |
| 30-day average | 105,817 | 18,222 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | +15% |
| Peak (tracked) | 220,224 | 35,085 |
| Steam reviews | 87% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 79% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,385,388 | 539,094 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 8, 2018 | Feb 2, 2021 |
| Price | $19.99 (−50%) | $29.99 |
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| Month | Rust | Valheim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 16,644 | 19,638 |
| May 2026 | 95,781 | 182,883 | 16,227 | 27,833 |
| Jun 2026 | 104,094 | 220,224 | 15,609 | 31,394 |
| Jul 2026 | 105,081 | 196,421 | 17,952 | 35,085 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 106,508 | 137,985 | 18,940 | 27,950 |
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: 130,482 concurrent players on Steam vs 27,950 for Valheim — about 5× more players.
Over the last 30 days Rust averaged 105,817 concurrent players and Valheim averaged 18,222. 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 67 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Valheim rates higher: 94% positive across 539,094 reviews vs 87% across 1,385,388 for Rust. Rust has the larger player base right now (130,482 vs 27,950 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Rust averaged 105,817 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.
Valheim averaged 18,222 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 15% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 35,085.