| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 21:00 UTC | 824 |
| 16:59 UTC | 645 |
| 12:58 UTC | 477 |
| 08:57 UTC | 307 |
| 04:56 UTC | 325 |
| 00:55 UTC | 427 |
| 5 Nov, 20:55 UTC | 720 |
| 5 Nov, 16:54 UTC | 569 |
| 5 Nov, 12:53 UTC | 467 |
| 5 Nov, 08:51 UTC | 320 |
| 5 Nov, 04:50 UTC | 325 |
| 5 Nov, 00:49 UTC | 467 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchJanuary 2026 | 12,664 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onApril 2026 | 3,423 | 27% | About average (better than 55% of 9,249 other games) |
| 12 months onJanuary 2027 | — | — | Not over yet |
StarRupture kept 27% of the average players it had at its launch in January 2026 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
StarRupture Update 3: Custom Game - Announcement (29 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 2.0× the week before's average. In the week after, players were level with the week before.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| StarRupture Update 3: Custom Game - Announcement29 Oct 2026 · week before: 6.8 of 7 days | 1,248 (2.0×) | −2% |
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
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 589 | −43 | −6.9% | 1,248 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 20 Oct) | 632 | −493 | −43.8% | 1,214 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 1,125 | +249 | +28.5% | 2,969 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 876 | −237 | −21.3% | 1,968 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 1,113 | −307 | −21.6% | 2,354 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 1,420 | −574 | −28.8% | 3,225 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 1,994 | −1,429 | −41.8% | 4,351 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 3,423 | +495 | +16.9% | 9,764 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 2,928 | −1,968 | −40.2% | 7,286 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 4,896 | −7,768 | −61.3% | 13,077 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 12,664 | — | — | 27,906 |
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.