Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Valheim is currently the more played game: 17,909 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 13,187 for SCUM, about 36% more players. Valheim also has the better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, Valheim leads 9 of 9.
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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 18 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
18
Current streak
18 days
Valheim
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
39%
Aug 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 18 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | SCUM | Valheim |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 13,187 | 17,909 |
| 24-hour peak | 15,834 | 31,005 |
| 7-day average | 9,152 | 17,483 |
| 30-day average | 9,192 | 18,182 |
| 30-day trend | — | +13% |
| Peak (tracked) | 16,995 | 35,085 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 70% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 125,975 | 539,094 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 17, 2025 | Feb 2, 2021 |
| Price | $44.99 | $29.99 |
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| Month | SCUM | Valheim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 16,644 | 19,638 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 16,227 | 27,833 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 15,609 | 31,394 |
| Jul 2026 | 9,216 | 16,995 | 17,955 | 35,085 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 9,674 | 15,862 | 18,332 | 31,005 |
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: 17,909 concurrent players on Steam vs 13,187 for SCUM, about 36% more players.
Over the last 30 days SCUM averaged 9,192 concurrent players and Valheim averaged 18,182. By that measure Valheim is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Valheim has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 18 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Valheim rates higher: 94% positive across 539,094 reviews vs 74% across 125,975 for SCUM. Valheim has the larger player base right now (17,909 vs 13,187 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Valheim averaged 18,182 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 35,085.