| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 05:48 UTC | 87 |
| 01:47 UTC | 159 |
| 29 Oct, 21:47 UTC | 223 |
| 29 Oct, 17:46 UTC | 261 |
| 29 Oct, 13:45 UTC | 232 |
| 29 Oct, 09:44 UTC | 51 |
| 29 Oct, 09:27 UTC | 44 |
| 29 Oct, 05:26 UTC | 25 |
| 29 Oct, 01:26 UTC | 154 |
| 28 Oct, 21:25 UTC | 229 |
| 28 Oct, 17:25 UTC | 249 |
| 28 Oct, 13:24 UTC | 208 |
| 28 Oct, 12:24 UTC | 202 |
| 28 Oct, 08:24 UTC | 133 |
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)July 2017 | 7,428 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onOctober 2017 | 5,409 | 73% | Holds players well (better than 89% of 7,560 other games) |
| 12 months onJuly 2018 | 6,582 | 89% | Holds players well (better than 89% of 6,584 other games) |
Black Squad kept 73% of the average players it had at its Early Access launch in July 2017 after 3 months and 89% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Update Information - October 29, 2026 (29 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 1.4× the week before's average. Since it came out, players averaged 22% fewer than the week before.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Update Information - October 29, 202629 Oct 2026 · 0.9 of 7 days so far | 261 (1.4×) | −22% |
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
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| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) | 182 | −27 | −13.1% | 275 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 209 | −64 | −23.4% | 1,023 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 273 | +80 | +41.2% | 974 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 194 | −23 | −10.5% | 349 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 216 | +18 | +9% | 1,024 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 198 | +4 | +1.9% | 384 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 195 | −7 | −3.4% | 360 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 202 | −53 | −20.8% | 386 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 254 | +3 | +1% | 869 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 252 | +25 | +11% | 686 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 227 | −8 | −3.2% | 412 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 235 | +1 | +0.6% | 434 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 233 | +14 | +6.3% | 434 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 219 | −7 | −2.9% | 416 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 226 | +3 | +1.5% | 396 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 223 | −9 | −4.1% | 403 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 232 | −6 | −2.5% | 412 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 238 | −29 | −11% | 436 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 268 | −16 | −5.7% | 480 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 284 | −8 | −2.9% | 502 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 292 | −12 | −4% | 548 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 304 | +10 | +3.2% | 940 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 295 | −56 | −16% | 570 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 351 | −22 | −5.9% | 854 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 373 | +50 | +15.3% | 730 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 323 | −22 | −6.3% | 626 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 345 | −15 | −4.1% | 710 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 360 | +17 | +4.8% | 811 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 343 | −39 | −10.2% | 707 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 383 | −30 | −7.3% | 768 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 413 | 0 | −0.1% | 1,085 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 413 | −64 | −13.4% | 763 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 477 | −6 | −1.3% | 1,007 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 483 | +9 | +1.9% | 889 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 474 | −43 | −8.3% | 819 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 517 | −28 | −5.1% | 924 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 545 | −1 | −0.3% | 995 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 547 | −51 | −8.5% | 962 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 597 | −38 | −6% | 1,009 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 636 | +44 | +7.3% | 1,103 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 592 | −37 | −5.9% | 1,056 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 630 | −14 | −2.1% | 1,121 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 643 | −56 | −8% | 1,128 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 699 | −63 | −8.3% | 1,260 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 763 | +14 | +1.9% | 1,325 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 749 | +120 | +19.1% | 1,290 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 629 | −35 | −5.2% | 1,110 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 663 | −46 | −6.5% | 1,248 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 709 | 0 | 0% | 1,407 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 710 | −49 | −6.5% | 1,407 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 759 | −56 | −6.8% | 1,329 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 814 | −81 | −9.1% | 1,339 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 896 | +50 | +5.9% | 1,681 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 845 | −63 | −7% | 1,480 |
| April 2022Apr 2022 | 909 | +71 | +8.4% | 1,628 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 838 | −91 | −9.8% | 1,511 |
| February 2022Feb 2022 | 929 | +17 | +1.9% | 1,638 |
| January 2022Jan 2022 | 912 | +95 | +11.6% | 1,736 |
| December 2021Dec 2021 | 817 | −32 | −3.8% | 1,390 |
| November 2021Nov 2021 | 849 | −56 | −6.2% | 1,471 |
| October 2021Oct 2021 | 905 | −139 | −13.3% | 1,694 |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 1,044 | −126 | −10.8% | 1,858 |
| August 2021Aug 2021 | 1,170 | +1 | +0.1% | 1,897 |
| July 2021Jul 2021 | 1,168 | +46 | +4.1% | 1,860 |
| June 2021Jun 2021 | 1,122 | −124 | −10% | 1,890 |
| May 2021May 2021 | 1,246 | −149 | −10.7% | 1,964 |
| April 2021Apr 2021 | 1,395 | −11 | −0.8% | 2,364 |
| March 2021Mar 2021 | 1,406 | −29 | −2% | 2,282 |
| February 2021Feb 2021 | 1,435 | −208 | −12.6% | 2,323 |
| January 2021Jan 2021 | 1,643 | −109 | −6.2% | 2,478 |
| December 2020Dec 2020 | 1,752 | −164 | −8.6% | 2,842 |
| November 2020Nov 2020 | 1,916 | +21 | +1.1% | 3,209 |
| October 2020Oct 2020 | 1,896 | −168 | −8.2% | 3,525 |
| September 2020Sept 2020 | 2,064 | −135 | −6.1% | 3,284 |
| August 2020Aug 2020 | 2,199 | 0 | 0% | 3,494 |
| July 2020Jul 2020 | 2,199 | −277 | −11.2% | 3,256 |
| June 2020Jun 2020 | 2,476 | −731 | −22.8% | 3,995 |
| May 2020May 2020 | 3,207 | −304 | −8.6% | 5,673 |
| April 2020Apr 2020 | 3,510 | +182 | +5.5% | 5,835 |
| March 2020Mar 2020 | 3,329 | +67 | +2% | 5,336 |
| February 2020Feb 2020 | 3,262 | +6 | +0.2% | 5,354 |
| January 2020Jan 2020 | 3,256 | +300 | +10.1% | 5,313 |
| December 2019Dec 2019 | 2,957 | +374 | +14.5% | 5,048 |
| November 2019Nov 2019 | 2,583 | −172 | −6.2% | 4,450 |
| October 2019Oct 2019 | 2,755 | −51 | −1.8% | 5,228 |
| September 2019Sept 2019 | 2,805 | −656 | −19% | 5,034 |
| August 2019Aug 2019 | 3,461 | −42 | −1.2% | 5,666 |
| July 2019Jul 2019 | 3,503 | +914 | +35.3% | 5,956 |
| June 2019Jun 2019 | 2,589 | −24 | −0.9% | 5,384 |
| May 2019May 2019 | 2,613 | −143 | −5.2% | 4,333 |
| April 2019Apr 2019 | 2,756 | −301 | −9.9% | 4,771 |
| March 2019Mar 2019 | 3,057 | −1,061 | −25.8% | 5,298 |
| February 2019Feb 2019 | 4,118 | −1,406 | −25.4% | 7,788 |
| January 2019Jan 2019 | 5,524 | −479 | −8% | 9,381 |
| December 2018Dec 2018 | 6,004 | +544 | +10% | 9,926 |
| November 2018Nov 2018 | 5,460 | −1,465 | −21.2% | 9,726 |
| October 2018Oct 2018 | 6,926 | +1,170 | +20.3% | 12,435 |
| September 2018Sept 2018 | 5,756 | −665 | −10.4% | 9,787 |
| August 2018Aug 2018 | 6,421 | −161 | −2.4% | 9,883 |
| July 2018Jul 2018 | 6,582 | −455 | −6.5% | 10,618 |
| June 2018Jun 2018 | 7,036 | +481 | +7.3% | 10,747 |
| May 2018May 2018 | 6,556 | −593 | −8.3% | 10,258 |
| April 2018Apr 2018 | 7,149 | −435 | −5.7% | 12,002 |
| March 2018Mar 2018 | 7,584 | −621 | −7.6% | 12,936 |
| February 2018Feb 2018 | 8,205 | +709 | +9.5% | 15,744 |
| January 2018Jan 2018 | 7,496 | +566 | +8.2% | 12,019 |
| December 2017Dec 2017 | 6,930 | +972 | +16.3% | 11,573 |
| November 2017Nov 2017 | 5,958 | +549 | +10.2% | 11,013 |
| October 2017Oct 2017 | 5,409 | −695 | −11.4% | 10,579 |
| September 2017Sept 2017 | 6,104 | −1,325 | −17.8% | 11,705 |
| August 2017Aug 2017 | 7,428 | +6,416 | +633.6% | 12,215 |
| July 2017Jul 2017 | 1,013 | +1,011 | +78,395.3% | 13,500 |
| June 2017Jun 2017 | 1 | +1 | +12,800% | 7 |
| May 2017May 2017 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
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.