Steady crowd

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

Released Jan 20, 2016 · Steam app 281610

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 06:30 UTC

Playing now

at 06:30 UTC

24-hour peak

All-time peak

7,251

monthly peak, Jan 2016

24h change

-41%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

—

none tracked

Best price

—

Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 13 players
Peak · 48h: 22 players
Average · 48h: 18 players
Lowest · 48h: 13 players

Oct 27, 2026, 6:30 AM: 13 players

What stands out

22Today’s peak was 69% above the current count.

All-time peak

7,251

Highest monthly peak on record, in Jan 2016. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 22.

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	18	-35%-9	22
September	27	0%0	59
August	27	-21%-7	73
July	34	+26%+7	73
June	27	-21%-7	66
May	34	+3%+1	83
April	33	+22%+6	69
March	27	-16%-5	57
February	32	+14%+4	66
January	28	+3.7%+1	65
2025
December	27	-10%-3	59
November	30	+3.5%+1	61

Show all 131 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	29	+12%+3	66
September	26	0%0	62
August	26	-7.1%-2	53
July	28	+12%+3	54
June	25	-3.9%-1	54
May	26	-13%-4	53
April	30	-3.2%-1	60
March	31	-21%-8	63
February	39	-4.9%-2	103
January	41	+24%+8	118
2024
December	33	0%0	69
November	33	+18%+5	80
October	28	-20%-7	65
September	35	+25%+7	76
August	28	-32%-13	62
July	41	-20%-10	81
June	51	-41%-35	133
May	86	+95%+42	210
April	44	-19%-10	89
March	54	-10%-6	124
February	60	+1.7%+1	136
January	59	-4.8%-3	114
2023
December	62	+13%+7	116
November	55	+1.9%+1	111
October	54	-33%-26	108
September	80	+2.6%+2	252
August	78	+15%+10	259
July	68	+6.3%+4	171
June	64	+45%+20	238
May	44	-12%-6	76
April	50	-12%-7	103
March	57	+1.8%+1	126
February	56	-26%-20	108
January	76	-17%-16	186
2022
December	92	+35%+24	208
November	68	+9.7%+6	163
October	62	-42%-44	129
September	106	-27%-39	257
August	145	+107%+75	624
July	70	-38%-42	150
June	112	+107%+58	455
May	54	-1.8%-1	113
April	55	+5.8%+3	113
March	52	-37%-30	103
February	82	-33%-40	201
January	122	+7%+8	275
2021
December	114	+81%+51	277
November	63	+24%+12	191
October	51	0%0	103
September	51	-15%-9	112
August	60	-30%-26	116
July	86	-48%-80	213
June	166	+261%+120	740
May	46	-6.1%-3	88
April	49	-5.8%-3	106
March	52	-17%-11	117
February	63	-24%-20	144
January	83	+1.2%+1	209
2020
December	82	+34%+21	192
November	61	+24%+12	252
October	49	-11%-6	97
September	55	-11%-7	111
August	62	-44%-49	123
July	111	+41%+32	298
June	79	-14%-13	310
May	92	-45%-74	258
April	166	+213%+113	887
March	53	-1.9%-1	128
February	54	-18%-12	130
January	66	-13%-10	162
2019
December	76	+4.1%+3	173
November	73	-1.4%-1	176
October	74	-68%-158	168
September	232	+194%+153	1,216
August	79	-16%-15	935
July	94	+104%+48	299
June	46	+28%+10	214
May	36	-2.7%-1	82
April	37	-18%-8	81
March	45	-22%-13	104
February	58	-26%-20	152
January	78	-15%-14	240
2018
December	92	+19%+15	315
November	77	+71%+32	228
October	45	+2.3%+1	141
September	44	-4.4%-2	103
August	46	-41%-32	96
July	78	+22%+14	235
June	64	+56%+23	288
May	41	-24%-13	90
April	54	+10%+5	127
March	49	-13%-7	118
February	56	-26%-20	138
January	76	-18%-17	233
2017
December	93	+39%+26	230
November	67	+81%+30	347
October	37	-5.1%-2	86
September	39	-32%-18	88
August	57	-68%-121	126
July	178	+202%+119	796
June	59	+55%+21	269
May	38	-16%-7	84
April	45	-10%-5	91
March	50	-28%-19	129
February	69	-48%-64	161
January	133	-11%-16	520
2016
December	149	+43%+45	627
November	104	+121%+57	641
October	47	-15%-8	124
September	55	-15%-10	141
August	65	-63%-113	136
July	178	+46%+56	824
June	122	+107%+63	821
May	59	-31%-26	163
April	85	-37%-50	253
March	135	-41%-92	549
February	227	-63%-391	820
Januarybest month	618	+8,729%+611	7,251
2015
December	7	—	36

Players since 2015

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: 618 players on average; January 2016
All-time peak: 7,251 players at once; January 2016
Last 12 months: -3%; 30 players on average, against 31 the year before

September 2026: 27 players on average, peak 59 · 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.

Launched in January 2016: up to 618 players on average in its first three months · 133 a year later: 22% of its launch crowd
Usually busiest in July: 25% above its trend, over 9 years

Prices

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Videos

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About the game

Release date: Jan 20, 2016
All-time peak reached: Jan 2016 · 7,251
Tracked by PixelKrypt since: Oct 26, 2026
Steam app id: 281610

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