Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / Strategy games.
Slay the Spire is currently the more played game: 5,197 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 1,414 for SMITE® — about 4× more players. Slay the Spire also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 79%. SMITE® is free to play, while Slay the Spire costs $24.99. Across all tracked metrics, Slay the Spire leads 9 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Slay the Spire has had the higher daily player count for the last 48 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
48
Current streak
48 days
Slay the Spire
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
79%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 48 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Slay the Spire | SMITE® |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 5,197 | 1,414 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,298 | 1,426 |
| 7-day average | 7,549 | 1,027 |
| 30-day average | 8,409 | 1,046 |
| 30-day trend | −4% | −6% |
| Peak (tracked) | 15,650 | 1,970 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 79% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 216,051 | 119,884 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jan 22, 2019 | Sep 7, 2015 |
| Price | $24.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Slay the Spire | SMITE® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 9,434 | 15,650 | 1,244 | 1,421 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,816 | 15,610 | 1,086 | 1,970 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,955 | 13,362 | 1,035 | 1,816 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Slay the Spire currently has more players: 5,197 concurrent players on Steam vs 1,414 for SMITE® — about 4× more players.
Over the last 30 days Slay the Spire averaged 8,409 concurrent players and SMITE® averaged 1,046. By that measure Slay the Spire is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Slay the Spire has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 48 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Slay the Spire rates higher: 97% positive across 216,051 reviews vs 79% across 119,884 for SMITE®. Slay the Spire has the larger player base right now (5,197 vs 1,414 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Slay the Spire averaged 8,409 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 15,650.
SMITE® averaged 1,046 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 1,970.