Steady crowd

Starbound

Released Jul 22, 2016 · Steam app 211820

Prices from €1.67

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 14:45 UTC

Playing now

625

at 14:45 UTC

24-hour peak

719

All-time peak

88,355

monthly peak, Dec 2013

24h change

+0.4%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

live on Twitch

Best price

€1.67

key shop

Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 625 players
Peak · 48h: 730 players
Average · 48h: 565 players
Lowest · 48h: 373 players

Oct 28, 2026, 2:45 PM: 625 players

What stands out

-3%Players since 16:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
0Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.
719Today’s peak was 15% above the current count.

All-time peak

88,355

Highest monthly peak on record, in Dec 2013. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 730.

Month by month

Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2026
Octoberfrom Oct 26, 2026	565	-23%-167	730
September	732	-8.4%-67	1,269
August	799	-4.7%-39	1,237
July	838	+6.9%+54	1,352
June	784	-0.5%-4	1,172
May	788	-0.6%-5	1,269
April	793	-0.6%-5	1,292
March	798	-7%-60	1,223
February	858	-9.3%-88	1,436
January	946	+14%+119	1,573
2025
December	827	-1.3%-11	1,361
November	838	-4.2%-37	1,272

Show all 155 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	875	-1.1%-10	1,421
September	885	-14%-143	1,449
August	1,028	+0.5%+5	1,516
July	1,023	+2.6%+26	1,655
June	997	+0.4%+4	1,496
May	993	-8.7%-94	1,495
April	1,087	+2.8%+30	1,756
March	1,057	-14%-171	1,678
February	1,228	-7.9%-105	2,008
January	1,333	+11%+135	2,074
2024
December	1,198	+5.6%+63	1,742
November	1,135	-18%-257	1,763
October	1,392	+21%+243	2,969
September	1,149	+0.2%+2	1,846
August	1,147	-8.2%-103	1,803
July	1,250	+5%+60	2,179
June	1,190	+13%+139	2,009
May	1,051	-8.9%-103	1,623
April	1,154	-2%-23	1,949
March	1,177	+2.7%+31	1,965
February	1,146	-23%-340	1,787
January	1,486	+9%+123	2,393
2023
December	1,363	+4.9%+63	2,221
November	1,300	+1.6%+20	2,175
October	1,280	+1%+13	2,146
September	1,267	-8.6%-119	1,984
August	1,386	-19%-335	2,071
July	1,721	-5.7%-103	2,589
June	1,824	+25%+360	3,281
May	1,464	-20%-360	2,282
April	1,824	+16%+246	3,146
March	1,578	-0.9%-14	2,618
February	1,592	-13%-247	2,449
January	1,839	+15%+244	2,749
2022
December	1,595	+3.9%+60	2,437
November	1,535	-1%-16	2,492
October	1,551	+0.9%+13	2,514
September	1,538	-35%-844	2,497
August	2,382	+19%+380	4,792
July	2,002	-8.5%-186	2,943
June	2,188	+23%+410	4,114
May	1,778	-7.5%-144	2,824
April	1,922	+12%+205	3,045
March	1,717	-6.3%-116	3,142
February	1,833	-16%-343	3,026
January	2,176	+19%+346	3,340
2021
December	1,830	+3%+54	2,837
November	1,776	+5.2%+88	2,975
October	1,688	-5.5%-98	2,587
September	1,786	-14%-294	2,924
August	2,080	-9.9%-228	3,053
July	2,308	-13%-358	3,459
June	2,666	+37%+727	5,266
May	1,939	+2.4%+45	3,018
April	1,894	-8.7%-180	3,040
March	2,074	-36%-1,165	3,345
February	3,239	-2.1%-70	6,443
January	3,309	+39%+924	8,734
2020
December	2,385	+17%+345	4,001
November	2,040	+11%+208	3,587
October	1,832	+0.9%+16	2,921
September	1,816	-7.9%-155	2,794
August	1,971	-10%-227	2,710
July	2,198	-26%-764	3,292
June	2,962	+9.4%+255	6,506
May	2,707	-11%-323	4,180
April	3,030	+14%+379	4,368
March	2,651	+5.8%+145	4,333
February	2,506	-8.9%-245	3,995
January	2,751	+7.8%+198	4,599
2019
December	2,553	+28%+555	4,636
November	1,998	+17%+288	3,636
October	1,710	-12%-228	2,891
September	1,938	-32%-916	3,484
August	2,854	-51%-2,983	4,472
July	5,837	+40%+1,659	16,528
June	4,178	+89%+1,972	20,116
May	2,206	+6.4%+133	3,868
April	2,073	-6.9%-154	3,775
March	2,227	-14%-357	3,747
February	2,584	-14%-431	4,571
January	3,015	+22%+545	5,009
2018
December	2,470	+18%+385	4,568
November	2,085	-1.2%-26	3,780
October	2,111	-3.3%-73	3,753
September	2,184	-17%-460	3,705
August	2,644	-29%-1,070	4,241
July	3,714	-13%-567	5,848
June	4,281	+37%+1,158	7,465
May	3,123	+4.7%+141	5,484
April	2,982	-2.8%-87	5,180
March	3,069	-8.5%-286	5,349
February	3,355	-21%-908	6,178
January	4,263	+16%+578	8,050
2017
December	3,685	+11%+362	7,527
November	3,323	+6.3%+198	5,917
October	3,125	-4.1%-132	5,895
September	3,257	-15%-556	5,965
August	3,813	-31%-1,688	5,927
July	5,501	-17%-1,134	10,190
June	6,635	+115%+3,548	16,542
May	3,087	+4.6%+137	5,494
April	2,950	-4.8%-148	5,622
March	3,098	-29%-1,296	5,788
February	4,394	-13%-681	8,767
January	5,075	+20%+847	10,753
2016
December	4,228	+52%+1,447	9,678
November	2,781	-14%-436	5,697
October	3,217	-40%-2,160	6,716
September	5,377	-64%-9,471	10,725
August	14,848	+22%+2,628	36,367
July	12,220	+627%+10,538	62,201
June	1,682	+5.9%+93	2,627
May	1,589	-9.9%-175	2,873
April	1,764	-3.5%-64	3,206
March	1,828	-14%-294	3,352
February	2,122	-38%-1,279	3,723
January	3,401	-7.7%-283	7,054
2015
December	3,684	+100%+1,840	6,889
November	1,844	-13%-285	3,703
October	2,129	-31%-961	3,828
September	3,090	+18%+465	6,085
August	2,625	+24%+501	9,362
July	2,124	-21%-563	3,153
June	2,687	-13%-402	5,799
May	3,089	+8%+230	6,119
April	2,859	-10%-319	6,049
March	3,178	-69%-6,955	7,418
February	10,133	+107%+5,248	40,131
January	4,885	+63%+1,896	37,653
2014
December	2,989	+70%+1,235	7,747
November	1,754	+5.7%+94	3,252
October	1,660	+6.8%+106	3,018
September	1,554	-19%-364	2,854
August	1,918	-21%-505	2,949
July	2,423	-10%-282	3,947
June	2,705	-4.3%-121	4,397
May	2,826	-11%-348	5,121
April	3,174	-41%-2,193	5,544
March	5,367	-58%-7,350	12,103
February	12,717	-8.7%-1,210	32,463
January	13,927	-65%-25,721	37,933
2013
Decemberbest month	39,648	—	88,355

Players since 2013

Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.

Busiest month: 39,648 players on average; December 2013
All-time peak: 88,355 players at once; December 2013
Last 12 months: -26.1%; 823 players on average, against 1,113 the year before

September 2026: 732 players on average, peak 1,269 · Point at a bar for its numbers.