Steady crowd
World War III: Black Gold
Right now
Steam players since we started tracking · updated 15:00 UTCPlaying now
7
at 15:00 UTC
24-hour peak
21
All-time peak
8,655
monthly peak, Apr 2018
24h change
-65%
average vs the day before
Twitch viewers
—
none tracked
Best price
—
Prices
No prices tracked for this game yet.
Players over time
- Latest
- 7 players
- Peak · 48h
- 21 players
- Average · 48h
- 7 players
- Lowest · 48h
- 2 players
Nov 10, 2026, 3:00 PM: 7 players
What stands out
- +40%Players since 22:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
- 21Today’s peak was 200% above the current count.
All-time peak
8,655
Highest monthly peak on record, in Apr 2018. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 27, 2026 is 21.
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 | |||
| Novemberso far | 4 | +30%+1 | 21 |
| October | 3 | 0%0 | 14 |
| August | 3 | 0%0 | 9 |
| April | 3 | -86%-19 | 13 |
| March | 22 | +16%+3 | 253 |
| February | 19 | +36%+5 | 871 |
| January | 14 | +367%+11 | 127 |
| 2025 | |||
| December | 3 | -25%-1 | 15 |
| November | 4 | -20%-1 | 39 |
| October | 5 | +67%+2 | 74 |
| September | 3 | -89%-25 | 42 |
| June | 28 | -26%-10 | 121 |
Show all 149 months
| Month | Average players | Change from the month before | Peak players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | |||
| May | 38 | +1,800%+36 | 274 |
| April | 2 | 0%0 | 28 |
| March | 2 | -33%-1 | 12 |
| February | 3 | +50%+1 | 9 |
| January | 2 | -71%-5 | 10 |
| 2024 | |||
| November | 7 | +75%+3 | 211 |
| October | 4 | +100%+2 | 26 |
| August | 2 | -60%-3 | 7 |
| July | 5 | +25%+1 | 36 |
| June | 4 | +100%+2 | 69 |
| May | 2 | -33%-1 | 17 |
| March | 3 | +50%+1 | 8 |
| February | 2 | -33%-1 | 7 |
| January | 3 | -77%-10 | 9 |
| 2023 | |||
| November | 13 | +550%+11 | 849 |
| October | 2 | 0%0 | 7 |
| September | 2 | 0%0 | 9 |
| August | 2 | 0%0 | 6 |
| July | 2 | 0%0 | 7 |
| June | 2 | -33%-1 | 8 |
| May | 3 | 0%0 | 8 |
| April | 3 | -83%-15 | 10 |
| March | 18 | +500%+15 | 282 |
| February | 3 | -25%-1 | 10 |
| January | 4 | -67%-8 | 19 |
| 2022 | |||
| December | 12 | +300%+9 | 973 |
| November | 3 | -80%-12 | 9 |
| October | 15 | +400%+12 | 605 |
| September | 3 | 0%0 | 82 |
| August | 3 | 0%0 | 9 |
| July | 3 | -25%-1 | 11 |
| June | 4 | 0%0 | 107 |
| May | 4 | 0%0 | 16 |
| April | 4 | -20%-1 | 15 |
| March | 5 | +25%+1 | 25 |
| February | 4 | -88%-28 | 60 |
| January | 32 | +88%+15 | 1,013 |
| 2021 | |||
| December | 17 | -78%-60 | 371 |
| November | 77 | +38%+21 | 908 |
| October | 56 | -14%-9 | 1,074 |
| September | 65 | +14%+8 | 1,975 |
| August | 57 | -53%-65 | 2,708 |
| July | 122 | +79%+54 | 7,348 |
| June | 68 | +100%+34 | 537 |
| May | 34 | -36%-19 | 228 |
| April | 53 | -56%-67 | 1,400 |
| March | 120 | +253%+86 | 2,532 |
| February | 34 | -41%-24 | 1,190 |
| January | 58 | -9.4%-6 | 1,089 |
| 2020 | |||
| December | 64 | +237%+45 | 506 |
| November | 19 | -47%-17 | 215 |
| October | 36 | -16%-7 | 1,986 |
| September | 43 | -27%-16 | 2,078 |
| August | 59 | -23%-18 | 4,332 |
| July | 77 | +45%+24 | 1,819 |
| June | 53 | +29%+12 | 426 |
| May | 41 | -40%-27 | 2,069 |
| April | 68 | -22%-19 | 1,763 |
| March | 87 | +32%+21 | 2,373 |
| February | 66 | +69%+27 | 2,854 |
| January | 39 | -38%-24 | 3,950 |
| 2019 | |||
| December | 63 | +66%+25 | 2,291 |
| November | 38 | +100%+19 | 479 |
| October | 19 | -58%-26 | 425 |
| September | 45 | +80%+20 | 3,589 |
| August | 25 | -72%-65 | 885 |
| July | 90 | +125%+50 | 2,827 |
| June | 40 | -48%-37 | 946 |
| May | 77 | +17%+11 | 1,289 |
| April | 66 | +25%+13 | 915 |
| March | 53 | -29%-22 | 728 |
| February | 75 | +178%+48 | 5,713 |
| January | 27 | -31%-12 | 368 |
| 2018 | |||
| December | 39 | -46%-33 | 967 |
| November | 72 | +125%+40 | 1,263 |
| October | 32 | -27%-12 | 1,206 |
| September | 44 | +7.3%+3 | 725 |
| August | 41 | -21%-11 | 625 |
| July | 52 | -7.1%-4 | 2,489 |
| June | 56 | +195%+37 | 2,940 |
| May | 19 | -80%-74 | 414 |
| April | 93 | -41%-64 | 8,655 |
| March | 157 | +27%+33 | 2,482 |
| February | 124 | -68%-266 | 956 |
| Januarybest month | 390 | +19,400%+388 | 3,186 |
| 2017 | |||
| December | 2 | 0%0 | 12 |
| November | 2 | 0%0 | 9 |
| October | 2 | 0%0 | 11 |
| September | 2 | 0%0 | 9 |
| August | 2 | 0%0 | 8 |
| July | 2 | 0%0 | 7 |
| June | 2 | 0%0 | 9 |
| May | 2 | 0%0 | 6 |
| April | 2 | -33%-1 | 8 |
| March | 3 | 0%0 | 11 |
| February | 3 | +50%+1 | 11 |
| January | 2 | +100%+1 | 10 |
| 2016 | |||
| December | 1 | -50%-1 | 6 |
| November | 2 | 0%0 | 6 |
| October | 2 | 0%0 | 10 |
| September | 2 | 0%0 | 7 |
| August | 2 | 0%0 | 8 |
| July | 2 | +100%+1 | 8 |
| June | 1 | 0%0 | 6 |
| May | 1 | 0%0 | 5 |
| April | 1 | -50%-1 | 7 |
| March | 2 | +100%+1 | 9 |
| February | 1 | -50%-1 | 6 |
| January | 2 | +100%+1 | 6 |
| 2015 | |||
| December | 1 | 0%0 | 6 |
| November | 1 | 0%0 | 5 |
| October | 1 | -50%-1 | 7 |
| September | 2 | +100%+1 | 14 |
| August | 1 | -50%-1 | 7 |
| July | 2 | +100%+1 | 11 |
| June | 1 | 0%0 | 5 |
| May | 1 | 0%0 | 9 |
| April | 1 | -50%-1 | 6 |
| March | 2 | +100%+1 | 11 |
| February | 1 | 0%0 | 5 |
| January | 1 | -50%-1 | 6 |
| 2014 | |||
| December | 2 | 0%0 | 6 |
| November | 2 | 0%0 | 15 |
| October | 2 | 0%0 | 9 |
| September | 2 | 0%0 | 13 |
| August | 2 | -33%-1 | 6 |
| July | 3 | +200%+2 | 24 |
| June | 1 | -50%-1 | 5 |
| May | 2 | +100%+1 | 15 |
| April | 1 | 0%0 | 6 |
| March | 1 | -50%-1 | 8 |
| February | 2 | 0%0 | 6 |
| January | 2 | 0%0 | 7 |
| 2013 | |||
| December | 2 | -33%-1 | 11 |
| November | 3 | -50%-3 | 12 |
| October | 6 | -45%-5 | 28 |
| September | 11 | — | 43 |
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
- 390 players on average
- January 2018
- All-time peak
- 8,655 players at once
- April 2018
- Last 12 months
- +281.6%
- 12 players on average, against 3 the year before
October 2026: 3 players on average, peak 14 · Point at a bar for its numbers.
- average players (bars)
- peak players (line)
Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month. The month in progress is in the table above.
- Usually busiest in March: 47% above its trend, over 10 years
On Twitch
Not among the streams we track on Twitch right now.
Videos
From YouTubeNo YouTube videos yet. YouTube’s daily quota limits how many games we refresh each day; videos appear after a later update.
About the game
- Release date
- Oct 16, 2001
- All-time peak reached
- Apr 2018 · 8,655
- Tracked by PixelKrypt since
- Oct 27, 2026
- Steam app id
- 254080
