Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Strategy games.
Total War: WARHAMMER III is currently the more played game: 32,492 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 18,447 for Sid Meier's Civilization® V — about 1.8× more players. Sid Meier's Civilization® V counters with better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 71%. Sid Meier's Civilization® V is currently 75% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Total War: WARHAMMER III leads 6 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Total War: WARHAMMER III has had the higher daily player count for the last 58 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
58
Current streak
58 days
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
37%
Jun 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 58 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Sid Meier's Civilization® V | Total War: WARHAMMER III |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 18,447 | 32,492 |
| 24-hour peak | 18,512 | 35,274 |
| 7-day average | 13,040 | 22,960 |
| 30-day average | 12,951 | 23,927 |
| 30-day trend | +3% | +4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 19,392 | 43,526 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 71% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 210,315 | 146,333 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 21, 2010 | Feb 16, 2022 |
| Price | $7.49 (−75%) | $59.99 |
Full stats: Sid Meier's Civilization® V · Total War: WARHAMMER III · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Sid Meier's Civilization® V | Total War: WARHAMMER III | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 15,394 | 19,392 |
| May 2026 | 14,923 | 15,374 | 29,846 | 43,526 |
| Jun 2026 | 12,733 | 18,760 | 23,060 | 40,771 |
| Jul 2026 | 12,777 | 19,392 | 23,614 | 38,945 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 14,388 | 18,512 | 26,025 | 35,274 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Total War: WARHAMMER III currently has more players: 32,492 concurrent players on Steam vs 18,447 for Sid Meier's Civilization® V — about 1.8× more players.
Over the last 30 days Sid Meier's Civilization® V averaged 12,951 concurrent players and Total War: WARHAMMER III averaged 23,927. By that measure Total War: WARHAMMER III is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Total War: WARHAMMER III has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 58 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Sid Meier's Civilization® V rates higher: 96% positive across 210,315 reviews vs 71% across 146,333 for Total War: WARHAMMER III. Total War: WARHAMMER III has the larger player base right now (32,492 vs 18,447 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V averaged 12,951 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 19,392.
Total War: WARHAMMER III averaged 23,927 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 43,526.