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Backpack Survivors Early Access Fight off swarms of monsters, fill your backpack with various weapons and items and battle your way through powerful bosses! Each run is different as you level up your character and unlock new weapons, items and relics. Improve your strength by using a powerful talent tree or change your subclass.
Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 09:17 UTC | 5 |
| 05:16 UTC | 2 |
| 01:15 UTC | 3 |
| 13 Nov, 21:14 UTC | 2 |
| 13 Nov, 17:13 UTC | 5 |
| 13 Nov, 13:12 UTC | 2 |
| 13 Nov, 09:11 UTC | 3 |
| 13 Nov, 05:11 UTC | 4 |
| 13 Nov, 01:08 UTC | 3 |
| 12 Nov, 21:04 UTC | 5 |
| 12 Nov, 17:03 UTC | 4 |
| 12 Nov, 13:02 UTC | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchApril 2026 | 60 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onJuly 2026 | 2 | 3.7% | Loses players fast (better than 1% of 9,242 other games) |
| 12 months onApril 2027 | — | — | Not over yet |
Backpack Survivors kept 3.7% of the average players it had at its launch in April 2026 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Players By Month| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 4 | −2 | −36.8% | 10 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 | 6 | −3 | −34.6% | 20 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 10 | +8 | +371.6% | 41 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 2 | 0 | −9.7% | 6 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 2 | −2 | −49.8% | 6 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 5 | −5 | −54.7% | 15 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 10 | −50 | −83.5% | 25 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 60 | — | — | 144 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months up to October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.
Update ImpactUpdate 0.10 | Damage Mastery & Random Events (4 Nov 2026): Players peaked at 2.7× the week before's average. In the week after, players averaged 41% more than the week before.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Update 0.10 | Damage Mastery & Random Events4 Nov 2026 | 10 (2.7×) | +41% |
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
