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Distant Worlds 2 Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 12:26 UTC | 152 |
| 08:25 UTC | 100 |
| 04:24 UTC | 106 |
| 00:23 UTC | 139 |
| 30 Oct, 20:17 UTC | 178 |
| 30 Oct, 16:16 UTC | 154 |
| 30 Oct, 12:15 UTC | 108 |
| 30 Oct, 08:14 UTC | 86 |
| 30 Oct, 04:13 UTC | 91 |
| 30 Oct, 00:12 UTC | 120 |
| 29 Oct, 20:07 UTC | 174 |
| 29 Oct, 16:06 UTC | 126 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
Player Retention| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchMarch 2022 | 1,819 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onJune 2022 | 188 | 10% | Loses players fast (better than 14% of 9,121 other games) |
| 12 months onMarch 2023 | 324 | 18% | About average (better than 48% of 7,653 other games) |
Distant Worlds 2 kept 10% of the average players it had at its launch in March 2022 after 3 months and 18% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Players By Month| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) (from 19 Oct) | 136 | +56 | +70.1% | 236 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 80 | −18 | −18.4% | 159 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 98 | −2 | −1.9% | 188 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 100 | +12 | +14.2% | 236 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 88 | +4 | +5.2% | 164 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 83 | −3 | −3.2% | 154 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 86 | −15 | −15.3% | 160 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 101 | +3 | +3.1% | 219 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 98 | −18 | −15.6% | 200 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 117 | −5 | −4.3% | 234 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 122 | +36 | +41.8% | 256 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 86 | −15 | −14.5% | 171 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 101 | −14 | −12.5% | 219 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 115 | −19 | −14.5% | 214 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 134 | +13 | +10.9% | 261 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 121 | +8 | +7.3% | 228 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 113 | −52 | −31.5% | 231 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 165 | −75 | −31.2% | 361 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 240 | +90 | +60.1% | 490 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 150 | +33 | +28% | 334 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 117 | −17 | −12.6% | 237 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 134 | −42 | −23.8% | 276 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 175 | −65 | −27% | 341 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 240 | +82 | +52.2% | 574 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 158 | +47 | +42.4% | 717 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 111 | +27 | +31.6% | 232 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 84 | +5 | +6.6% | 170 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 79 | −11 | −12.3% | 150 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 90 | −18 | −16.8% | 191 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 108 | −21 | −16.5% | 231 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 130 | −32 | −19.9% | 256 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 162 | +22 | +15.7% | 354 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 140 | +42 | +42.3% | 369 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 99 | −5 | −5.3% | 194 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 104 | −21 | −17.1% | 212 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 125 | +24 | +23.3% | 263 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 102 | −42 | −29.3% | 192 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 144 | +29 | +25% | 301 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 115 | +10 | +8.9% | 265 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 106 | −15 | −12.3% | 191 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 121 | 0 | +0.3% | 274 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 120 | −56 | −31.8% | 366 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 176 | −148 | −45.6% | 435 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 324 | +219 | +207.9% | 710 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 105 | +6 | +6.4% | 212 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 99 | −11 | −9.9% | 180 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 110 | −16 | −12.6% | 197 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 126 | +27 | +26.8% | 275 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 99 | −34 | −25.3% | 187 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 133 | +2 | +1.6% | 256 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 131 | −6 | −4.2% | 305 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 136 | −52 | −27.6% | 270 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 188 | −35 | −15.7% | 396 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 224 | −338 | −60.2% | 583 |
| April 2022Apr 2022 | 561 | −1,258 | −69.1% | 1,378 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 1,819 | — | — | 4,978 |
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.
Update ImpactPost-release update (28 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 1.2× the week before's average. Since it came out, players averaged 13% fewer than the week before.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Post-release update28 Oct 2026 · week before: 6.9 of 7 days; 2.9 of 7 days so far | 178 (1.2×) | −13% |
Average players over the 7 days before and after each update post, and the most at once in the week after. Updates since we started counting this game’s players. How we count
