| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 00:02 UTC | 4 |
| 6 Nov, 22:58 UTC | 3 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchAugust 2025 | 33 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onNovember 2025 | 5 | 15% | Loses players fast (better than 29% of 9,248 other games) |
| 12 months onAugust 2026 | 3 | 8.1% | Loses players fast (better than 20% of 7,787 other games) |
Heartworm kept 15% of the average players it had at its launch in August 2025 after 3 months and 8.1% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
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| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 5 | 0 | −5.8% | 11 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 19 Oct) | 5 | +3 | +171.3% | 10 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 2 | −1 | −29.9% | 7 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 3 | +1 | +24.9% | 9 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 2 | — | — | 7 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 2 | −1 | −34.4% | 7 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 3 | −1 | −33.5% | 8 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 4 | 0 | +8% | 12 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 4 | −1 | −26.7% | 14 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 5 | −2 | −26.4% | 19 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 7 | 0 | −4.4% | 22 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 7 | −26 | −78.2% | 25 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 33 | — | — | 130 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.