Create, customize and command your battle wagon to conquer crazed enemy factions and save innocent survivors scattered throughout the lawless Badlands in the aftermath of a devastating apocalypse. Do you have what it takes to Build, Evolve and Fight to survive?

| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 2 Nov, 13:23 UTC | 19 |
| 1 Nov, 13:19 UTC | 27 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchMay 2025 | 543 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onAugust 2025 | 50 | 9.2% | Loses players fast (better than 12% of 9,258 other games) |
| 12 months onMay 2026 | 26 | 4.8% | Loses players fast (better than 8% of 7,793 other games) |
Badlands Crew - Drive, Command, Conquer kept 9.2% of the average players it had at its launch in May 2025 after 3 months and 4.8% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 23 | +6 | +31.1% | 27 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 21 Oct) | 18 | −1 | −4.4% | 24 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 18 | 0 | −2.4% | 47 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 19 | −1 | −5.8% | 47 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 20 | +1 | +4.4% | 51 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 19 | −7 | −27.1% | 40 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 26 | +7 | +34% | 53 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 20 | −30 | −60.3% | 44 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 49 | +31 | +171% | 258 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 18 | −8 | −30.8% | 45 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 26 | −2 | −7.6% | 56 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 28 | +7 | +33.9% | 58 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 21 | −3 | −13.6% | 40 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 25 | −12 | −32.1% | 54 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 36 | −14 | −27.8% | 80 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 50 | −5 | −8.5% | 105 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 55 | −46 | −45.8% | 120 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 101 | −441 | −81.4% | 188 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 543 | — | — | 1,963 |
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.