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| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 28 Oct, 20:02 UTC | 1 |
| 27 Oct, 20:00 UTC | 0 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchFebruary 2016 | 66 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onMay 2016 | 10 | 15% | Loses players fast (better than 31% of 7,559 other games) |
| 12 months onFebruary 2017 | 5 | 8.2% | Loses players fast (better than 21% of 6,583 other games) |
Cobalt kept 15% of the average players it had at its launch in February 2016 after 3 months and 8.2% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 1 | 0 | −5.7% | 5 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 1 | 0 | −15.6% | 6 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 2 | 0 | −13.5% | 7 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 2 | — | — | 7 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 1 | 0 | −4.9% | 6 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 1 | 0 | +33.3% | 6 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 1 | — | — | 6 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 1 | 0 | −8.5% | 7 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 1 | — | — | 6 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| January 2022Jan 2022 | 2 | 0 | +28.2% | 6 |
| December 2021Dec 2021 | 1 | 0 | −1.4% | 6 |
| November 2021Nov 2021 | 1 | 0 | +8.3% | 5 |
| October 2021Oct 2021 | 1 | — | — | 8 |
| August 2021Aug 2021 | 2 | 0 | −10% | 6 |
| July 2021Jul 2021 | 2 | 0 | +19.7% | 6 |
| June 2021Jun 2021 | 1 | 0 | −22% | 5 |
| May 2021May 2021 | 2 | +1 | +46.8% | 8 |
| April 2021Apr 2021 | 1 | 0 | −23.9% | 5 |
| March 2021Mar 2021 | 2 | 0 | +13.2% | 6 |
| February 2021Feb 2021 | 1 | −1 | −36.6% | 6 |
| January 2021Jan 2021 | 2 | +1 | +31.2% | 9 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2020Dec 2020 | 2 | 0 | −19.9% | 6 |
| November 2020Nov 2020 | 2 | +1 | +71.4% | 10 |
| October 2020Oct 2020 | 1 | −1 | −37% | 7 |
| September 2020Sept 2020 | 2 | 0 | +12.4% | 7 |
| August 2020Aug 2020 | 2 | 0 | +11.9% | 9 |
| July 2020Jul 2020 | 2 | 0 | +5.3% | 9 |
| June 2020Jun 2020 | 2 | 0 | −16.1% | 7 |
| May 2020May 2020 | 2 | 0 | −19.6% | 10 |
| April 2020Apr 2020 | 2 | 0 | +10.9% | 11 |
| March 2020Mar 2020 | 2 | 0 | +4.1% | 11 |
| February 2020Feb 2020 | 2 | 0 | +13.5% | 7 |
| January 2020Jan 2020 | 2 | 0 | −24% | 7 |
| December 2019Dec 2019 | 2 | 0 | +23% | 8 |
| November 2019Nov 2019 | 2 | 0 | −0.5% | 11 |
| October 2019Oct 2019 | 2 | +1 | +33.3% | 8 |
| September 2019Sept 2019 | 1 | 0 | −20.2% | 7 |
| August 2019Aug 2019 | 2 | 0 | −17.6% | 9 |
| July 2019Jul 2019 | 2 | 0 | +18% | 12 |
| June 2019Jun 2019 | 2 | 0 | +11.9% | 8 |
| May 2019May 2019 | 2 | −1 | −30.6% | 8 |
| April 2019Apr 2019 | 2 | 0 | +15.1% | 12 |
| March 2019Mar 2019 | 2 | 0 | −16.4% | 11 |
| February 2019Feb 2019 | 2 | 0 | −9.5% | 10 |
| January 2019Jan 2019 | 3 | +1 | +32.2% | 9 |
| December 2018Dec 2018 | 2 | 0 | −11.9% | 11 |
| November 2018Nov 2018 | 2 | 0 | +20.9% | 10 |
| October 2018Oct 2018 | 2 | 0 | −21.4% | 10 |
| September 2018Sept 2018 | 2 | −1 | −19% | 11 |
| August 2018Aug 2018 | 3 | 0 | +3.2% | 12 |
| July 2018Jul 2018 | 3 | −1 | −17.9% | 12 |
| June 2018Jun 2018 | 4 | +1 | +29.5% | 11 |
| May 2018May 2018 | 3 | 0 | +5.5% | 9 |
| April 2018Apr 2018 | 3 | −1 | −30.2% | 10 |
| March 2018Mar 2018 | 4 | −2 | −32.5% | 14 |
| February 2018Feb 2018 | 5 | 0 | +3.9% | 21 |
| January 2018Jan 2018 | 5 | 0 | −6.5% | 19 |
| December 2017Dec 2017 | 6 | +3 | +88.8% | 22 |
| November 2017Nov 2017 | 3 | 0 | −3.3% | 14 |
| October 2017Oct 2017 | 3 | −1 | −26.9% | 11 |
| September 2017Sept 2017 | 4 | 0 | −4.8% | 17 |
| August 2017Aug 2017 | 4 | −1 | −11.9% | 16 |
| July 2017Jul 2017 | 5 | 0 | −6.6% | 15 |
| June 2017Jun 2017 | 5 | +1 | +29.8% | 18 |
| May 2017May 2017 | 4 | 0 | −3.1% | 16 |
| April 2017Apr 2017 | 4 | −1 | −16.3% | 17 |
| March 2017Mar 2017 | 5 | 0 | −6.1% | 17 |
| February 2017Feb 2017 | 5 | 0 | −7.9% | 20 |
| January 2017Jan 2017 | 6 | 0 | −2.5% | 19 |
| December 2016Dec 2016 | 6 | 0 | +7.7% | 20 |
| November 2016Nov 2016 | 6 | 0 | −8.4% | 19 |
| October 2016Oct 2016 | 6 | −1 | −9.6% | 20 |
| September 2016Sept 2016 | 7 | −3 | −28.3% | 23 |
| August 2016Aug 2016 | 9 | −6 | −40.1% | 27 |
| July 2016Jul 2016 | 16 | −1 | −3.8% | 66 |
| June 2016Jun 2016 | 16 | +6 | +63.1% | 77 |
| May 2016May 2016 | 10 | −21 | −67.9% | 29 |
| April 2016Apr 2016 | 31 | +8 | +35.3% | 223 |
| March 2016Mar 2016 | 23 | −43 | −65.1% | 63 |
| February 2016Feb 2016 | 66 | +64 | +3,867.9% | 305 |
| January 2016Jan 2016 | 2 | — | — | 10 |
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.