Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Strategy games.
Satisfactory is currently the more played game: 22,166 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 14,602 for Sid Meier's Civilization® V — about 1.5× more players. Satisfactory is currently 30% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Satisfactory leads 8 of 8.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Satisfactory has had the higher daily player count for the last 39 days — Sid Meier's Civilization® V last led on May 28, 2026.
Days tracked
40
Current streak
39 days
Satisfactory
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
18%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 40 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Satisfactory | Sid Meier's Civilization® V |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 22,166 | 14,602 |
| 24-hour peak | 23,738 | 14,954 |
| 7-day average | 18,876 | 12,676 |
| 30-day average | 19,979 | 12,655 |
| 30-day trend | −12% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 42,605 | 19,392 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 95% positive |
| Total reviews | 274,987 | 210,059 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 9, 2024 | Sep 20, 2010 |
| Price | $27.99 (−30%) | $29.99 |
Full stats: Satisfactory · Sid Meier's Civilization® V · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Satisfactory | Sid Meier's Civilization® V | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 14,255 | 14,255 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 12,954 | 18,030 | 14,923 | 15,374 |
| Jun 2026 | 21,609 | 42,605 | 12,708 | 18,760 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,526 | 34,355 | 12,688 | 19,392 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Satisfactory currently has more players: 22,166 concurrent players on Steam vs 14,602 for Sid Meier's Civilization® V — about 1.5× more players.
Over the last 30 days Satisfactory averaged 19,979 concurrent players and Sid Meier's Civilization® V averaged 12,655. By that measure Satisfactory is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 40 days Coilr has tracked both games, Sid Meier's Civilization® V had the higher daily average on 1 day, most recently on May 28, 2026. Satisfactory has led for the last 39 days.
By Steam review score, Satisfactory rates higher: 97% positive across 274,987 reviews vs 96% across 210,059 for Sid Meier's Civilization® V. Satisfactory has the larger player base right now (22,166 vs 14,602 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Satisfactory averaged 19,979 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,605.