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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide vs Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the more played game right now: 14,116 players on Steam against 5,059 for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, about 3× more players. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has been ahead for 1 day straight, and has led on 73 days of the 75 days Coilr has tracked both games.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader counters with better Steam reviews: 88% positive vs 72%. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is currently 70% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide leads 7 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 93.9h in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and 48.7h in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
93.9h
average of 29 members
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
48.7h
average of 21 members
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has had the higher daily player count for the last 1 day. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader last led on Sep 28, 2026.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide led 73 daysWarhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader led 2 days
- Days tracked
- 75
- Current streak
- 1 day
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- Lead changes
- 2
- Closest gap
- 6%
- Sep 26, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 75 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Warhammer 40,000: Darktide | Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 14,116 | 5,059 |
| 24-hour peak | 16,832 | 6,656 |
| 7-day average | 5,685 | 4,225 |
| 30-day average | 5,849 | 3,801 |
| 30-day trend | −20% | −26% |
| Peak (tracked) | 19,137 | 17,683 |
| Steam reviews | 72% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 55% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 139,313 | 48,319 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 30, 2022 | Dec 7, 2023 |
| Price | $39.99 | $14.99 (−70%) |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
| Month | Warhammer 40,000: Darktide | Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | — | — | 5,925 | 6,289 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 7,712 | 17,683 |
| Jul 2026 | 11,528 | 19,137 | 7,413 | 15,072 |
| Aug 2026 | 7,225 | 13,576 | 5,114 | 9,244 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 5,732 | 16,832 | 3,784 | 8,432 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide or Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader?
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide currently has more players: 14,116 concurrent players on Steam vs 5,059 for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, about 3× more players.
Is Warhammer 40,000: Darktide bigger than Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Warhammer 40,000: Darktide averaged 5,849 concurrent players and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader averaged 3,801. By that measure Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is currently the bigger game.
Has Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader ever had more players than Warhammer 40,000: Darktide?
Yes. Across the 75 days Coilr has tracked both games, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader had the higher daily average on 2 days, most recently on Sep 28, 2026. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has led for the last 1 day.
Is Warhammer 40,000: Darktide better than Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader?
By Steam review score, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader rates higher: 88% positive across 48,319 reviews vs 72% across 139,313 for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has the larger player base right now (14,116 vs 5,059 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Warhammer 40,000: Darktide growing or declining on Steam?
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide averaged 5,849 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 19,137.
Is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader growing or declining on Steam?
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader averaged 3,801 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 26% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 17,683.
