About PixelKrypt
We dig up the numbers
PixelKrypt tracks how many people play every game on Steam, what it costs across stores and key shops, and when the next big games come out. In English and Hungarian, independent and non-commercial.
Official sources only
Every number comes from an official API or a service that allows this use. No scraping behind logins, no guesswork sold as fact.
Every number labelled
Official, third-party or estimated: each figure says what kind of number it is, where it comes from and how fresh it is.
No ads, no accounts
No cookies, no tracking, no sign-up. Saved games and alerts stay in your browser unless you turn on notifications.
Where the data comes from
Only official APIs and services that allow this use. Each one is credited where its data appears.
| Source | What we use | How often | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam Web API | Players right now, the game catalogue | Every 5 min to weekly (see below) | Hourly and daily averages for good; 5-minute data for 6 months |
| Twitch | Live viewers and channels per game | Every 15 minutes | 24 hours (Twitch’s rule) |
| IGDB.com | Release dates, upcoming games, matching games across stores | Daily | Replaced on every update |
| YouTube | The week’s most watched videos per game | Every 2 days | At most 30 days |
| Blizzard Battle.net API | World of Warcraft Token prices (US, EU, KR, TW) | Hourly | At most 30 days (Blizzard’s rule) |
| IsThereAnyDeal | Official store prices and historical lows (Hungary, EUR) | Twice a day | Replaced on every update |
| GG.deals | Official store and key shop prices (EU, EUR) | Daily | Replaced on every update |
Data from IGDB.com. Not affiliated with Valve, Twitch, Google, Blizzard, IsThereAnyDeal or GG.deals.
Busy games get checked more often
Steam has almost 200,000 apps, so we check each game as often as its player count deserves. A game that suddenly doubles moves to the fastest lane on its next check.
- 1,000+ players · every 5 minutes
- 50+ players · every 30 minutes
- a few players · every 6 hours
- nobody playing · once a week
Key shops, shown openly
Key shops resell game keys, often for less than official stores. We show their best current price next to the official stores and link to GG.deals’ full key shop comparison. Official and key shop prices are always kept apart, so you can choose.
Which videos we show
Game pages show the most watched YouTube videos of the past week, chosen for an English and Hungarian audience: we leave out videos whose language, channel country or title script is Russian, South Asian or East and Southeast Asian. Titles are shown as YouTube has them and open on YouTube.
How we measure
The same measurements players know from Steam Charts, explained in plain words.
Players now
The number of people in the game at our latest check, as Steam reports it. Steam caches it for 10–15 minutes, so a few minutes’ delay is normal. A count older than two hours is not shown as “now”.
24-hour peak and all-time peak
The highest count we saw in the last 24 hours, and the highest since we started tracking on 26 October 2026. Older peaks from before that date are not included.
Average players and monthly gain
Averages are taken over every check in an hour, a day or a month. The monthly table compares each month’s average with the month before, like Steam Charts.
Trending
The average over the last 24 hours (or 7 days) against the 24 hours (or 7 days) before. Games need at least 100 players so three friends cannot make a +900% headline.
Breakouts, 1.0 launches and old-but-gold
Breakouts were released in the last 60 days, ranked by players now. A 1.0 launch is a full release at least two months after early access. Old-but-gold games came out eight or more years ago and still draw a crowd.
Records
A new all-time peak counts as a record only for games we have watched for at least 14 days, so a game we just started tracking cannot “break a record” on day one.
Prices
Prices are in euros for Hungary and the EU, from IsThereAnyDeal and GG.deals. “From” means the lowest current price across shops, key shops included; the game page shows every shop separately.
Talk to us
For corrections, data questions and press.
Who runs this
Horváth Tamás egyéni vállalkozó · 2521 Csolnok, Petőfi Sándor u. 57. · tax no. 56819650-1-31
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