| Month | Peak | Average | Polls |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 626 | 354 | 65 |
| October 2026 | 551 | 409 | 26 |
| September 2026 | 978 | 496 | Archive |
| August 2026 | 886 | 537 | Archive |
| July 2026 | 1,788 | 960 | Archive |
| June 2026 | 4,106 | 1,630 | Archive |
| May 2026 | 6,202 | 3,875 | Archive |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
The average and peak number of people in the game on Steam in each calendar month before our own collection began. These figures come from a licensed historical archive, not from our own polls.
Source: Licensed historical archive, Monthly player history. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchMay 2026 | 3,875 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onAugust 2026 | 537 | 14% | Loses players fast (better than 24% of 9,246 other games) |
| 12 months onMay 2027 | — | — | Not over yet |
Dwarf Eats Mountain kept 14% of the average players it had at its launch in May 2026 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
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(v1.5.2) Handful of fixes (28 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 1.6× the week before's average. In the week after, players averaged 15% more than the week before.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| (v1.5.2) Handful of fixes28 Oct 2026 · week before: 5.9 of 7 days | 626 (1.6×) | +15% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 354 | −76 | −17.7% | 626 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 | 431 | −65 | −13.1% | 815 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 496 | −41 | −7.7% | 978 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 537 | −423 | −44.1% | 886 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 960 | −670 | −41.1% | 1,788 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 1,630 | −2,245 | −57.9% | 4,106 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 3,875 | — | — | 6,202 |
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.