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DrainSim Early Access Dive into DrainSim and seize control of the floods! Clear the city's submerged streets, with a huge range of different tools from rakes to submersible pumps. Embrace the satisfaction of restoring the water flow. Become the city's hero, one drain at a time.
Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 08:18 UTC | 252 |
| 04:17 UTC | 327 |
| 00:16 UTC | 320 |
| 5 Nov, 20:52 UTC | 402 |
| 5 Nov, 16:51 UTC | 398 |
| 5 Nov, 12:50 UTC | 321 |
| 5 Nov, 08:49 UTC | 232 |
| 5 Nov, 04:47 UTC | 292 |
| 5 Nov, 00:47 UTC | 373 |
| 4 Nov, 20:46 UTC | 436 |
| 4 Nov, 16:45 UTC | 413 |
| 4 Nov, 12:43 UTC | 353 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchMarch 2026 | 704 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onJune 2026 | 648 | 92% | Holds players well (better than 94% of 9,250 other games) |
| 12 months onMarch 2027 | — | — | Not over yet |
DrainSim kept 92% of the average players it had at its launch in March 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) | 421 | −75 | −15.2% | 754 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 22 Oct) | 496 | +243 | +96.1% | 1,185 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 253 | +18 | +7.5% | 762 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 235 | −127 | −35% | 495 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 362 | −285 | −44.1% | 768 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 648 | +337 | +108.2% | 1,885 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 311 | −88 | −22% | 743 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 399 | −305 | −43.3% | 837 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 704 | — | — | 1,908 |
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.
Update ImpactDrainSim EA 0.5.0.10 - Hotfix (28 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 1.6× the week before's average. In the week after, players averaged 3% more than the week before. Another update came 4 days later, so that week is partly its doing.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| DrainSim EA 0.5.0.165 Nov 2026 · week before: 6.9 of 7 days; 0.4 of 7 days so far | 327 (0.7×) | −34% |
| DrainSim EA 0.5.0.1331 Oct 2026 · week before: 6.8 of 7 days; 5.7 of 7 days so far; next update 5 days later | 754 (1.4×) | −20% |
| DrainSim EA 0.5.0.10 - Hotfix28 Oct 2026 · week before: 5.4 of 7 days; next update 4 days later | 754 (1.6×) | +3% |
| DrainSim EA 0.5.0.09 - Hotfix26 Oct 2026 · week before: 4.3 of 7 days; 6.9 of 7 days so far; next update a day later | 754 (1.7×) | +17% |
| DrainSim EA 0.5.0.08 - Hotfix25 Oct 2026 · week before: 3.2 of 7 days; next update a day later | 1,185 (3.6×) | +72% |
| DrainSim EA 0.5.0.07 - The Halloween Update25 Oct 2026 · week before: 3 of 7 days; 6.9 of 7 days so far; next update a day later | 1,185 (4.1×) | +97% |
| NEW LEVEL: Carnival [UNSTABLE]22 Oct 2026 · week before: 0.3 of 7 days; next update 3 days later | 1,185 (4.9×) | +116% |
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
