Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
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Sturdier online connections and an analysis board fix (23 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 3.3× the week before's average. Since it came out, players averaged 67% fewer than the week before.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sturdier online connections and an analysis board fix23 Oct 2026 · week before: 3.5 of 7 days; 4.4 of 7 days so far | 1 (3.3×) | −67% |
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) (from 2 Nov) | 0 | 0 | +164% | 1 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 19 Oct) | 0 | — | — | 1 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before.