| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 00:57 UTC | 50 |
| 29 Oct, 20:57 UTC | 59 |
| 29 Oct, 16:57 UTC | 46 |
| 29 Oct, 12:56 UTC | 14 |
| 29 Oct, 08:55 UTC | 3 |
| 29 Oct, 04:54 UTC | 21 |
| 29 Oct, 00:53 UTC | 43 |
| 28 Oct, 20:52 UTC | 66 |
| 28 Oct, 16:52 UTC | 32 |
| 28 Oct, 12:51 UTC | 19 |
| 28 Oct, 09:16 UTC | 14 |
| 28 Oct, 05:15 UTC | 9 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch (Early Access)November 2025 | 29 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onFebruary 2026 | 5 | 16% | About average (better than 34% of 7,560 other games) |
| 12 months onNovember 2026 | — | — | Not over yet |
SEVERANCE kept 16% of the average players it had at its Early Access launch in November 2025 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Bug Fixes Update v1.0.0.2 (28 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 2.5× the week before's average. Since it came out, players averaged 33% more than the week before.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Fixes Update v1.0.0.228 Oct 2026 · 1.5 of 7 days so far | 66 (2.5×) | +33% |
| Bug Fix Update v1.0.0.127 Oct 2026 · 2.2 of 7 days so far; next update a day later | 85 (4.8×) | +151% |
| Bug Fix Patch v0.9.4.125 Oct 2026 · 4.8 of 7 days so far; next update 3 days later | 85 (7.5×) | +206% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) | 29 | +24 | +554.7% | 85 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 4 | −1 | −22.4% | 19 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 6 | −1 | −13.9% | 29 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 7 | +2 | +53.2% | 33 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 4 | −2 | −27.7% | 25 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 6 | −12 | −67.8% | 24 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 18 | −3 | −15.8% | 93 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 22 | +17 | +358.6% | 186 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 5 | −2 | −30.8% | 20 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 7 | +1 | +20.5% | 27 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 6 | −24 | −80.5% | 27 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 29 | — | — | 157 |
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.
Severance is a 1-5 player paranormal investigation game… with a twist. Use tools and equipment to identify the correct ghost type while a dangerous, violent entity hunts you down. The twist? YOU can become the ghost. Choose Ghost AI, or an asymmetrical mode where a player takes the Ghost role.
