Steady crowd

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows

Released Mar 4, 2015 · Steam app 296490

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 22:45 UTC

Playing now

135

at 22:45 UTC

24-hour peak

176

All-time peak

1,601

monthly peak, Jan 2016

24h change

-18%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

live on Twitch

Best price

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Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 135 players
Peak · 48h: 176 players
Average · 48h: 135 players
Lowest · 48h: 88 players

Oct 27, 2026, 10:45 PM: 135 players

What stands out

+1%Players since 00:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
0Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.
176Today’s peak was 30% above the current count.

All-time peak

1,601

Highest monthly peak on record, in Jan 2016. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 176.

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	141	+35%+37	176
September	104	+7.2%+7	175
August	97	-8.5%-9	167
July	106	+5%+5	158
June	101	+7.5%+7	169
May	94	+3.3%+3	163
April	91	-14%-15	149
March	106	+3.9%+4	195
February	102	+4.1%+4	196
January	98	+8.9%+8	157
2025
December	90	-13%-13	146
November	103	+13%+12	162

Show all 138 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	91	-2.2%-2	146
September	93	-6.1%-6	148
August	99	+5.3%+5	156
July	94	+1.1%+1	146
June	93	-12%-13	151
May	106	0%0	166
April	106	-2.8%-3	176
March	109	-9.2%-11	175
February	120	+3.5%+4	232
January	116	-4.9%-6	189
2024
December	122	+1.7%+2	197
November	120	-1.6%-2	195
October	122	-34%-64	191
September	186	+30%+43	527
August	143	+10%+13	238
July	130	+25%+26	208
June	104	+8.3%+8	183
May	96	-7.7%-8	158
April	104	-4.6%-5	161
March	109	+2.8%+3	171
February	106	-10%-12	177
January	118	-2.5%-3	199
2023
December	121	-1.6%-2	193
November	123	+16%+17	230
October	106	-6.2%-7	161
September	113	+8.7%+9	187
August	104	-7.1%-8	157
July	112	+12%+12	166
June	100	-2.9%-3	160
May	103	-13%-15	163
April	118	+1.7%+2	187
March	116	0%0	196
February	116	-6.5%-8	182
January	124	+1.6%+2	206
2022
December	122	+14%+15	181
November	107	0%0	171
October	107	-3.6%-4	174
September	111	+0.9%+1	176
August	110	-11%-14	165
July	124	+1.6%+2	191
June	122	+4.3%+5	191
May	117	+1.7%+2	198
April	115	0%0	192
March	115	-20%-29	184
February	144	+19%+23	252
January	121	+5.2%+6	202
2021
December	115	+0.9%+1	160
November	114	+2.7%+3	171
October	111	+0.9%+1	165
September	110	-4.4%-5	167
August	115	-8%-10	172
July	125	+6.8%+8	181
June	117	+3.5%+4	194
May	113	+1.8%+2	174
April	111	-5.9%-7	173
March	118	-7.8%-10	185
February	128	-7.3%-10	217
January	138	+20%+23	222
2020
December	115	+7.5%+8	205
November	107	-0.9%-1	171
October	108	-4.4%-5	176
September	113	-3.4%-4	192
August	117	+1.7%+2	179
July	115	-4.2%-5	178
June	120	-21%-31	191
May	151	+4.9%+7	309
April	144	+11%+14	247
March	130	-12%-17	221
February	147	-21%-40	255
January	187	+17%+27	327
2019
December	160	+1.9%+3	273
November	157	+5.4%+8	254
October	149	-6.9%-11	230
September	160	-7.5%-13	251
August	173	+15%+22	291
July	151	-2.6%-4	254
June	155	-15%-28	258
May	183	+22%+33	341
April	150	+2%+3	243
March	147	+0.7%+1	239
February	146	-6.4%-10	259
January	156	+7.6%+11	261
2018
December	145	-0.7%-1	237
November	146	-0.7%-1	243
October	147	-7%-11	251
September	158	+4%+6	278
August	152	-20%-38	254
July	190	+16%+26	313
June	164	+5.8%+9	304
May	155	-1.3%-2	256
April	157	-0.6%-1	250
March	158	0%0	255
February	158	-11%-19	254
January	177	+8.6%+14	283
2017
December	163	-0.6%-1	273
November	164	-6.3%-11	268
October	175	+4.2%+7	310
September	168	+12%+18	293
August	150	-15%-26	238
July	176	+8.6%+14	303
June	162	-1.8%-3	304
May	165	-10%-19	265
April	184	+10%+17	296
March	167	-7.7%-14	288
February	181	-9.1%-18	293
January	199	+7%+13	360
2016
December	186	+16%+25	320
November	161	-0.6%-1	276
October	162	+1.3%+2	267
September	160	-12%-21	270
August	181	-30%-76	283
July	257	+35%+67	571
June	190	-2.1%-4	370
May	194	-6.7%-14	311
April	208	-16%-40	353
March	248	-30%-105	426
February	353	-45%-283	645
Januarybest month	636	+129%+358	1,601
2015
December	278	+65%+110	464
November	168	-11%-21	409
October	189	-13%-27	325
September	216	-5.3%-12	406
August	228	-32%-107	388
July	335	-26%-116	634
June	451	+2.3%+10	1,163
May	441	—	1,026

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: 636 players on average; January 2016
All-time peak: 1,601 players at once; January 2016
Last 12 months: -9%; 99 players on average, against 108 the year before

September 2026: 104 players on average, peak 175 · 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.

#180 most played on Steam in May 2015

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About the game

Release date: Mar 4, 2015
All-time peak reached: Jan 2016 · 1,601
Tracked by PixelKrypt since: Oct 26, 2026
Steam app id: 296490

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