Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Terraria is currently the more played game: 27,774 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 24,552 for Valheim — a similar number of players. Terraria also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 94%. Valheim is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Terraria leads 10 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Terraria has had the higher daily player count for the last 57 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
57
Current streak
57 days
Terraria
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
13%
Apr 27, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 57 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Terraria | Valheim |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 27,774 | 24,552 |
| 24-hour peak | 39,405 | 25,384 |
| 7-day average | 31,190 | 17,382 |
| 30-day average | 30,104 | 16,926 |
| 30-day trend | +16% | +11% |
| Peak (tracked) | 49,184 | 34,101 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 89% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,535,914 | 537,249 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | May 15, 2011 | Feb 1, 2021 |
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 (−50%) |
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| Month | Terraria | Valheim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 21,712 | 27,427 | 16,644 | 19,638 |
| May 2026 | 24,837 | 41,678 | 16,227 | 27,833 |
| Jun 2026 | 26,841 | 46,899 | 15,601 | 31,394 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 31,779 | 49,184 | 17,539 | 34,101 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Terraria currently has more players: 27,774 concurrent players on Steam vs 24,552 for Valheim — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Terraria averaged 30,104 concurrent players and Valheim averaged 16,926. By that measure Terraria is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Terraria has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 57 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Terraria rates higher: 97% positive across 1,535,914 reviews vs 94% across 537,249 for Valheim. Terraria has the larger player base right now (27,774 vs 24,552 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Terraria averaged 30,104 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 16% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 49,184.
Valheim averaged 16,926 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 11% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 34,101.