Steady crowd

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair

Released Apr 2, 2015 · Steam app 410320

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 21:25 UTC

Playing now

at 21:25 UTC

24-hour peak

122

All-time peak

5,931

monthly peak, Jul 2016

24h change

+22%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

—

none tracked

Best price

—

Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 48 players
Peak · 48h: 122 players
Average · 48h: 68 players
Lowest · 48h: 46 players

Oct 27, 2026, 9:25 PM: 48 players

What stands out

-24%Players since 00:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
122Today’s peak was 154% above the current count.

All-time peak

5,931

Highest monthly peak on record, in Jul 2016. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 122.

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	65	-42%-47	122
September	112	+2.8%+3	313
August	109	-0.9%-1	270
July	110	-3.5%-4	283
June	114	+3.6%+4	262
May	110	+20%+18	247
April	92	+2.2%+2	206
March	90	-1.1%-1	203
February	91	-17%-18	186
January	109	+35%+28	223
2025
December	81	-11%-10	174
November	91	-1.1%-1	256

Show all 124 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	92	-19%-22	229
September	114	+3.6%+4	276
August	110	+7.8%+8	309
July	102	+19%+16	216
June	86	-17%-17	173
May	103	+7.3%+7	236
April	96	-14%-16	193
March	112	+1.8%+2	223
February	110	-0.9%-1	281
January	111	+6.7%+7	239
2024
December	104	+21%+18	197
November	86	-20%-22	217
October	108	+1.9%+2	260
September	106	-17%-22	299
August	128	-5.2%-7	211
July	135	+22%+24	254
June	111	-22%-32	268
May	143	-3.4%-5	321
April	148	-6.3%-10	303
March	158	+22%+29	324
February	129	+0.8%+1	297
January	128	-18%-28	262
2023
December	156	-13%-24	326
November	180	+55%+64	475
October	116	-4.9%-6	252
September	122	-13%-18	287
August	140	-17%-29	261
July	169	+27%+36	301
June	133	-24%-41	242
May	174	+4.2%+7	401
April	167	-7.7%-14	318
March	181	+22%+33	419
February	148	-30%-62	283
January	210	-13%-32	466
2022
December	242	-10%-28	468
November	270	+11%+26	733
October	244	-50%-241	518
September	485	+17%+69	1,165
August	416	+282%+307	1,146
July	109	+10%+10	207
June	99	-12%-14	219
May	113	-18%-24	246
April	137	+28%+30	354
March	107	+2.9%+3	313
February	104	-8.8%-10	199
January	114	+23%+21	226
2021
December	93	-7.9%-8	191
November	101	-27%-38	237
October	139	-44%-110	404
September	249	+95%+121	830
August	128	-12%-17	346
July	145	+12%+15	306
June	130	-20%-32	275
May	162	+33%+40	341
April	122	-34%-63	243
March	185	+48%+60	548
February	125	-21%-33	237
January	158	+42%+47	307
2020
December	111	+13%+13	273
November	98	-3%-3	182
October	101	-2.9%-3	232
September	104	-10%-12	220
August	116	-17%-23	225
July	139	+19%+22	260
June	117	-32%-56	283
May	173	+4.2%+7	386
April	166	-19%-38	326
March	204	+87%+95	464
February	109	-17%-22	211
January	131	+11%+13	237
2019
December	118	+5.4%+6	271
November	112	-8.2%-10	233
October	122	-12%-16	242
September	138	-35%-74	264
August	212	-52%-226	385
July	438	+46%+138	899
June	300	-15%-53	842
May	353	+1.2%+4	734
April	349	-31%-158	625
March	507	-15%-87	1,115
February	594	+52%+203	1,085
January	391	+21%+67	789
2018
December	324	+54%+113	830
November	211	-18%-47	447
October	258	-21%-67	609
September	325	+16%+46	812
August	279	-47%-251	593
July	530	+69%+216	1,214
June	314	+99%+156	1,127
May	158	+8.2%+12	319
April	146	-15%-26	312
March	172	-27%-65	383
February	237	-43%-180	479
January	417	+18%+65	909
2017
December	352	+50%+118	820
November	234	+19%+37	794
October	197	-26%-69	521
September	266	-16%-49	615
August	315	-42%-229	738
July	544	+62%+209	1,419
June	335	+33%+83	1,204
May	252	-25%-86	554
April	338	+10%+31	979
March	307	+11%+30	841
February	277	-36%-159	610
January	436	+33%+109	949
2016
December	327	+21%+56	879
November	271	-37%-161	691
October	432	-31%-190	1,276
September	622	-53%-712	1,599
August	1,334	-39%-857	3,522
Julybest month	2,191	—	5,931

Players since 2016

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: 2,191 players on average; July 2016
All-time peak: 5,931 players at once; July 2016
Last 12 months: -3.3%; 100 players on average, against 104 the year before

September 2026: 112 players on average, peak 313 · 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.

#89 most played on Steam in July 2016

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On Twitch

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About the game

Release date: Apr 2, 2015
All-time peak reached: Jul 2016 · 5,931
Tracked by PixelKrypt since: Oct 26, 2026
Steam app id: 410320

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