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| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 01:01 UTC | 6 |
| 4 Nov, 00:41 UTC | 2 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchApril 2025 | 24 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onJuly 2025 | 15 | 61% | Holds players well (better than 85% of 9,250 other games) |
| 12 months onApril 2026 | 9 | 36% | Holds players well (better than 73% of 7,789 other games) |
SamabakeScramble kept 61% of the average players it had at its launch in April 2025 after 3 months and 36% 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) | 6 | −2 | −25.3% | 8 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 23 Oct) | 8 | +2 | +25.8% | 12 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 6 | −1 | −16.9% | 14 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 7 | −2 | −23.2% | 16 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 9 | +1 | +11.3% | 18 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 8 | −1 | −7.6% | 17 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 9 | 0 | +4% | 18 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 17 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 9 | −1 | −10.7% | 19 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 10 | −3 | −23.1% | 24 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 13 | +2 | +20.2% | 30 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 11 | +2 | +27.3% | 30 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 8 | −2 | −19.2% | 18 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 10 | 0 | −1.9% | 22 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 11 | −1 | −9.5% | 20 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 12 | −3 | −20.8% | 23 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 15 | +1 | +4.1% | 28 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 14 | −2 | −10.6% | 25 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 16 | −8 | −34.5% | 33 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 24 | — | — | 48 |
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.