Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Unturned is currently the more played game: 13,894 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 11,239 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — about 24% more players. Unturned also has the better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 81%. Unturned is free to play, while The Elder Scrolls® Online costs $19.99. Across all tracked metrics, Unturned leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Unturned has had the higher daily player count for the last 22 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
22
Current streak
22 days
Unturned
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
6%
Jun 22, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 22 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | The Elder Scrolls® Online | Unturned |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 11,239 | 13,894 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,611 | 15,986 |
| 7-day average | 8,336 | 13,037 |
| 30-day average | 9,507 | 12,965 |
| 30-day trend | — | −2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 15,420 | 23,394 |
| Steam reviews | 81% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 71% positive | 87% positive |
| Total reviews | 160,891 | 563,893 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | May 22, 2017 | Jul 6, 2017 |
| Price | $19.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | The Elder Scrolls® Online | Unturned | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 10,905 | 10,905 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 14,551 | 23,394 |
| Jun 2026 | 9,779 | 15,420 | 13,045 | 18,304 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,176 | 14,097 | 13,105 | 17,197 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Unturned currently has more players: 13,894 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,239 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — about 24% more players.
Over the last 30 days The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 9,507 concurrent players and Unturned averaged 12,965. By that measure Unturned is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Unturned has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 22 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Unturned rates higher: 91% positive across 563,893 reviews vs 81% across 160,891 for The Elder Scrolls® Online. Unturned has the larger player base right now (13,894 vs 11,239 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Unturned averaged 12,965 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 23,394.