Steady crowd
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Right now
Steam players since we started tracking · updated 16:10 UTCPlaying now
25
at 16:10 UTC
24-hour peak
25
All-time peak
354
monthly peak, Feb 2023
24h change
+32%
average vs the day before
Twitch viewers
—
none tracked
Best price
—
Players over time
- Latest
- 25 players
- Peak · 48h
- 25 players
- Average · 48h
- 21 players
- Lowest · 48h
- 19 players
Oct 27, 2026, 4:10 PM: 25 players
All-time peak
354
Highest monthly peak on record, in Feb 2023. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 25.
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 | 21 | +21%+4 | 25 |
| September | 17 | -58%-23 | 40 |
| August | 40 | +186%+26 | 141 |
| July | 14 | +7.7%+1 | 25 |
| June | 13 | -43%-10 | 27 |
| May | 23 | -8%-2 | 60 |
| April | 25 | -11%-3 | 72 |
| March | 28 | +87%+13 | 73 |
| February | 15 | 0%0 | 31 |
| January | 15 | -6.3%-1 | 36 |
| 2025 | |||
| December | 16 | -24%-5 | 33 |
| November | 21 | +5%+1 | 55 |
Show all 137 months
| Month | Average players | Change from the month before | Peak players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | |||
| October | 20 | -23%-6 | 61 |
| September | 26 | +117%+14 | 76 |
| August | 12 | -25%-4 | 28 |
| July | 16 | -36%-9 | 35 |
| June | 25 | +92%+12 | 72 |
| May | 13 | -13%-2 | 33 |
| April | 15 | -38%-9 | 31 |
| March | 24 | +9.1%+2 | 61 |
| February | 22 | -8.3%-2 | 68 |
| January | 24 | -23%-7 | 72 |
| 2024 | |||
| December | 31 | -67%-62 | 79 |
| Novemberbest month | 93 | +933%+84 | 344 |
| October | 9 | -10%-1 | 24 |
| September | 10 | -9.1%-1 | 27 |
| August | 11 | -48%-10 | 26 |
| July | 21 | +62%+8 | 58 |
| June | 13 | +63%+5 | 65 |
| May | 8 | -20%-2 | 21 |
| April | 10 | -23%-3 | 25 |
| March | 13 | +30%+3 | 39 |
| February | 10 | -17%-2 | 29 |
| January | 12 | -7.7%-1 | 35 |
| 2023 | |||
| December | 13 | -7.1%-1 | 34 |
| November | 14 | +17%+2 | 39 |
| October | 12 | -7.7%-1 | 31 |
| September | 13 | -35%-7 | 32 |
| August | 20 | +5.3%+1 | 46 |
| July | 19 | +46%+6 | 54 |
| June | 13 | 0%0 | 47 |
| May | 13 | -19%-3 | 33 |
| April | 16 | -33%-8 | 40 |
| March | 24 | -63%-41 | 72 |
| February | 65 | +306%+49 | 354 |
| January | 16 | 0%0 | 41 |
| 2022 | |||
| December | 16 | +33%+4 | 48 |
| November | 12 | +20%+2 | 44 |
| October | 10 | 0%0 | 22 |
| September | 10 | 0%0 | 29 |
| August | 10 | -38%-6 | 26 |
| July | 16 | -38%-10 | 42 |
| June | 26 | +189%+17 | 107 |
| May | 9 | -10%-1 | 21 |
| April | 10 | 0%0 | 27 |
| March | 10 | -29%-4 | 23 |
| February | 14 | -6.7%-1 | 38 |
| January | 15 | +7.1%+1 | 36 |
| 2021 | |||
| December | 14 | +40%+4 | 35 |
| November | 10 | +11%+1 | 38 |
| October | 9 | 0%0 | 31 |
| September | 9 | -10%-1 | 21 |
| August | 10 | -41%-7 | 25 |
| July | 17 | -47%-15 | 58 |
| June | 32 | +146%+19 | 196 |
| May | 13 | +63%+5 | 55 |
| April | 8 | -11%-1 | 33 |
| March | 9 | -10%-1 | 21 |
| February | 10 | -9.1%-1 | 39 |
| January | 11 | 0%0 | 36 |
| 2020 | |||
| December | 11 | +10%+1 | 34 |
| November | 10 | +43%+3 | 39 |
| October | 7 | 0%0 | 26 |
| September | 7 | -13%-1 | 20 |
| August | 8 | -43%-6 | 21 |
| July | 14 | +27%+3 | 43 |
| June | 11 | -21%-3 | 39 |
| May | 14 | +56%+5 | 51 |
| April | 9 | +13%+1 | 34 |
| March | 8 | +14%+1 | 21 |
| February | 7 | -13%-1 | 27 |
| January | 8 | -11%-1 | 34 |
| 2019 | |||
| December | 9 | +13%+1 | 35 |
| November | 8 | +14%+1 | 24 |
| October | 7 | +40%+2 | 28 |
| September | 5 | +25%+1 | 26 |
| August | 4 | -50%-4 | 12 |
| July | 8 | +14%+1 | 22 |
| June | 7 | -30%-3 | 26 |
| May | 10 | +67%+4 | 35 |
| April | 6 | -14%-1 | 35 |
| March | 7 | 0%0 | 25 |
| February | 7 | 0%0 | 24 |
| January | 7 | -13%-1 | 25 |
| 2018 | |||
| December | 8 | +14%+1 | 23 |
| November | 7 | +40%+2 | 20 |
| October | 5 | +25%+1 | 22 |
| September | 4 | -20%-1 | 14 |
| August | 5 | -38%-3 | 17 |
| July | 8 | +14%+1 | 26 |
| June | 7 | +40%+2 | 32 |
| May | 5 | 0%0 | 14 |
| April | 5 | 0%0 | 15 |
| March | 5 | -38%-3 | 16 |
| February | 8 | 0%0 | 30 |
| January | 8 | -20%-2 | 27 |
| 2017 | |||
| December | 10 | +25%+2 | 36 |
| November | 8 | 0%0 | 27 |
| October | 8 | -43%-6 | 34 |
| September | 14 | +180%+9 | 96 |
| August | 5 | -44%-4 | 13 |
| July | 9 | -44%-7 | 29 |
| June | 16 | +220%+11 | 84 |
| May | 5 | -17%-1 | 14 |
| April | 6 | +20%+1 | 25 |
| March | 5 | -17%-1 | 20 |
| February | 6 | -33%-3 | 15 |
| January | 9 | +13%+1 | 31 |
| 2016 | |||
| December | 8 | 0%0 | 35 |
| November | 8 | +33%+2 | 29 |
| October | 6 | +20%+1 | 22 |
| September | 5 | -29%-2 | 15 |
| August | 7 | -53%-8 | 17 |
| July | 15 | 0%0 | 47 |
| June | 15 | +114%+8 | 55 |
| May | 7 | 0%0 | 20 |
| April | 7 | -42%-5 | 19 |
| March | 12 | -60%-18 | 29 |
| February | 30 | -12%-4 | 91 |
| January | 34 | +17%+5 | 219 |
| 2015 | |||
| December | 29 | +625%+25 | 99 |
| November | 4 | +33%+1 | 26 |
| October | 3 | -67%-6 | 13 |
| September | 9 | +200%+6 | 66 |
| August | 3 | 0%0 | 12 |
| July | 3 | 0%0 | 19 |
| June | 3 | — | 28 |
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
- 93 players on average
- November 2024
- All-time peak
- 354 players at once
- February 2023
- Last 12 months
- -20.3%
- 21 players on average, against 26 the year before
September 2026: 17 players on average, peak 40 · 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.
Prices
No prices tracked for this game yet.
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
- Apr 19, 1996
- All-time peak reached
- Feb 2023 · 354
- Tracked by PixelKrypt since
- Oct 26, 2026
- Steam app id
- 366250
