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DayZ

Released Dec 13, 2018 · early access since Dec 16, 2013 · Steam app 221100

Prices from €17.90

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 02:15 UTC

Playing now

29,038

at 02:15 UTC

24-hour peak

55,051

All-time peak

78,739

monthly peak, Oct 2024

24h change

-15%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

14,893

live on Twitch

Best price

€17.90

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Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 29,038 players
Peak · 48h: 56,098 players
Average · 48h: 38,107 players
Lowest · 48h: 0 players

Oct 28, 2026, 2:15 AM: 29,038 players

What stands out

+15%Players since 03:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
#34Most played on Steam right now, by live players.
51Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.

All-time peak

78,739

Highest monthly peak on record, in Oct 2024. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 56,098.

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	36,925	+12%+3,946	56,098
September	32,979	-7.5%-2,688	62,310
August	35,667	-2.7%-982	63,116
July	36,649	0%-15	64,772
June	36,664	-6.7%-2,647	64,899
May	39,311	-2.3%-913	71,254
April	40,224	+8.3%+3,086	74,297
March	37,138	-5.4%-2,111	66,795
February	39,249	+0.4%+166	70,047
January	39,083	+13%+4,570	69,076
2025
December	34,513	+0.4%+124	61,758
November	34,389	-4.3%-1,543	63,975

Show all 170 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	35,932	-2.9%-1,087	68,609
September	37,019	+2.2%+806	68,651
August	36,213	-2.7%-994	64,421
July	37,207	-1.4%-519	65,650
June	37,726	+6.8%+2,416	67,770
May	35,310	-2.5%-896	63,516
April	36,206	-13%-5,191	64,022
Marchbest month	41,397	+4.7%+1,863	75,508
February	39,534	-1.3%-514	69,719
January	40,048	+5.9%+2,246	71,221
2024
December	37,802	-3.4%-1,332	67,421
November	39,134	+3.2%+1,196	74,708
October	37,938	+14%+4,663	78,739
September	33,275	-0.9%-305	60,240
August	33,580	-1.4%-463	59,405
July	34,043	-3%-1,055	59,506
June	35,098	+5.7%+1,889	64,338
May	33,209	-6.9%-2,443	58,693
April	35,652	-7.5%-2,902	63,829
March	38,554	+3.9%+1,451	66,944
February	37,103	-8.9%-3,606	69,951
January	40,709	+8.3%+3,105	73,336
2023
December	37,604	-1.3%-510	64,044
November	38,114	+18%+5,874	69,372
October	32,240	+4.3%+1,336	58,535
September	30,904	-4.2%-1,340	54,453
August	32,244	-7.9%-2,757	56,657
July	35,001	+5.4%+1,781	58,774
June	33,220	+2.7%+874	59,394
May	32,346	-7.6%-2,643	58,204
April	34,989	+2.9%+997	59,757
March	33,992	-0.2%-71	61,054
February	34,063	-6%-2,164	60,229
January	36,227	+21%+6,213	63,040
2022
December	30,014	-1.6%-474	50,730
November	30,488	+2.3%+692	54,609
October	29,796	+4.6%+1,317	57,176
September	28,479	+2.4%+665	52,106
August	27,814	-4.6%-1,339	48,116
July	29,153	+2.3%+659	47,882
June	28,494	-1.4%-400	52,546
May	28,894	-1.9%-562	53,887
April	29,456	+16%+4,045	58,240
March	25,411	-7.4%-2,026	43,824
February	27,437	-12%-3,654	47,123
January	31,091	+20%+5,108	52,696
2021
December	25,983	+6.2%+1,507	44,592
November	24,476	+11%+2,512	45,973
October	21,964	+8.7%+1,756	39,337
September	20,208	-5.9%-1,276	34,974
August	21,484	+12%+2,362	35,452
July	19,122	-0.5%-99	32,102
June	19,221	-9.8%-2,092	34,348
May	21,313	+8.6%+1,690	35,936
April	19,623	-2.4%-472	34,882
March	20,095	-9.6%-2,129	34,161
February	22,224	-16%-4,112	38,533
January	26,336	+15%+3,524	45,236
2020
December	22,812	+18%+3,449	40,337
November	19,363	+4.9%+909	33,979
October	18,454	-7.3%-1,442	30,755
September	19,896	+42%+5,917	36,728
August	13,979	-2.5%-361	24,446
July	14,340	+2.5%+343	23,958
June	13,997	-14%-2,332	24,136
May	16,329	-6.7%-1,175	35,397
April	17,504	+13%+1,977	28,096
March	15,527	-12%-2,212	27,255
February	17,739	+20%+3,007	40,545
January	14,732	+17%+2,171	25,661
2019
December	12,561	+40%+3,595	24,254
November	8,966	-5.2%-496	16,330
October	9,462	+9.4%+814	18,461
September	8,648	-12%-1,189	16,901
August	9,837	-7.7%-817	18,198
July	10,654	+23%+1,996	18,792
June	8,658	+17%+1,263	16,789
May	7,395	+11%+756	15,139
April	6,639	+31%+1,578	13,118
March	5,061	+4.1%+199	9,641
February	4,862	-24%-1,533	9,872
January	6,395	-19%-1,491	13,369
2018
December	7,886	+79%+3,481	29,324
November	4,405	+160%+2,713	12,725
October	1,692	-7.3%-133	3,577
September	1,825	+14%+228	4,460
August	1,597	-12%-214	3,292
July	1,811	-34%-953	3,681
June	2,764	+24%+531	5,752
May	2,233	+8.4%+173	6,624
April	2,060	-3.7%-78	4,457
March	2,138	-1%-22	4,291
February	2,160	-10%-243	4,347
January	2,403	-1.9%-47	4,820
2017
December	2,450	+4.8%+111	4,733
November	2,339	-0.3%-6	4,822
October	2,345	+2.2%+50	4,855
September	2,295	-12%-315	4,763
August	2,610	-21%-697	4,777
July	3,307	-25%-1,088	6,587
June	4,395	+39%+1,233	9,354
May	3,162	-9.4%-327	6,776
April	3,489	-19%-837	7,406
March	4,326	-7.2%-335	8,933
February	4,661	-20%-1,184	9,336
January	5,845	+7.2%+391	12,926
2016
December	5,454	+14%+665	14,238
November	4,789	+9.3%+408	9,381
October	4,381	+1.7%+75	8,757
September	4,306	-19%-1,031	8,663
August	5,337	-33%-2,666	10,386
July	8,003	-21%-2,141	17,818
June	10,144	+69%+4,159	27,880
May	5,985	+13%+698	13,335
April	5,287	-12%-706	10,944
March	5,993	-17%-1,267	13,218
February	7,260	-13%-1,069	13,983
January	8,329	+12%+889	16,423
2015
December	7,440	+70%+3,061	17,740
November	4,379	-21%-1,142	9,325
October	5,521	-20%-1,369	11,606
September	6,890	-22%-1,946	13,017
August	8,836	-2%-181	23,967
July	9,017	+2.5%+217	15,586
June	8,800	+35%+2,275	21,240
May	6,525	-30%-2,749	13,104
April	9,274	-33%-4,572	25,784
March	13,846	-7.7%-1,161	29,190
February	15,007	+3.9%+560	29,001
January	14,447	-5.6%-861	29,335
2014
December	15,308	+15%+1,983	29,338
November	13,325	+24%+2,616	28,241
October	10,709	-8.7%-1,023	20,483
September	11,732	-21%-3,141	26,024
August	14,873	-1.7%-249	26,720
July	15,122	+4.2%+603	30,532
June	14,519	-14%-2,337	31,586
May	16,856	-9.7%-1,810	33,525
April	18,666	+6.4%+1,118	36,653
March	17,548	-19%-4,216	35,993
February	21,764	-5.8%-1,330	40,857
January	23,094	+85%+10,622	42,545
2013
December	12,472	+249,340%+12,467	45,398
November	5	+67%+2	28
October	3	+200%+2	23
September	1	-50%-1	9
August	2	+100%+1	28
July	1	0%0	9
June	1	0%0	10
May	1	—	15
April	0	-100%-1	6
March	1	0%0	9
February	1	—	9
January	0	—	4
2012
December	0	—	5
November	0	—	5
October	0	—	3
September	0	—	0

Players since 2012

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: 41,397 players on average; March 2025
All-time peak: 78,739 players at once; October 2024
Last 12 months: -3%; 36,817 players on average, against 37,961 the year before

September 2026: 32,979 players on average, peak 62,310 · Point at a bar for its numbers.