| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 20:22 UTC | 1,326 |
| 16:22 UTC | 1,555 |
| 12:21 UTC | 1,455 |
| 08:20 UTC | 1,019 |
| 04:19 UTC | 1,001 |
| 00:18 UTC | 933 |
| 6 Nov, 20:18 UTC | 1,191 |
| 6 Nov, 16:17 UTC | 1,352 |
| 6 Nov, 16:06 UTC | 1,352 |
| 6 Nov, 12:05 UTC | 1,051 |
| 6 Nov, 08:04 UTC | 716 |
| 6 Nov, 04:03 UTC | 782 |
| 6 Nov, 00:02 UTC | 837 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchFebruary 2026 | 3,121 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onMay 2026 | 352 | 11% | Loses players fast (better than 17% of 9,248 other games) |
| 12 months onFebruary 2027 | — | — | Not over yet |
Cairn kept 11% of the average players it had at its launch in February 2026 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
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Quick patch to On the Trail DLC and Free Roam mode (5 Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Quick patch to On the Trail DLC and Free Roam mode5 Nov 2026 · week before: 6.9 of 7 days; 2.3 of 7 days so far | 1,555 (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
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 1,249 | +239 | +23.6% | 2,115 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 22 Oct) | 1,010 | +734 | +265% | 2,177 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 277 | −14 | −5% | 656 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 291 | −58 | −16.6% | 626 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 350 | −77 | −18% | 827 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 426 | +74 | +21.1% | 923 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 352 | −199 | −36.1% | 943 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 552 | −379 | −40.8% | 1,197 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 931 | −2,190 | −70.2% | 2,125 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 3,121 | — | — | 8,860 |
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.