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03/11/2026, 00:58:51 UTCCompare up to eight games. Rankings use recorded player counts. Short polling delays are connected using each game's observed sampling schedule; longer periods without observations are marked as unavailable. Click a game above to remove it.
Icons follow the lines as the timeline advances. Movement between observations is an animated transition; short polling delays stay connected, while shaded breaks mark missing history. No player counts are invented for those breaks. Dates and times are UTC.
Check the observations behind this comparison
| Game | Observed time (UTC) | Concurrent players |
|---|---|---|
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-01T22:13:35.000Z | 19,846 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-01T22:33:35.000Z | 19,757 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-01T22:48:36.000Z | 19,360 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-01T23:03:36.000Z | 19,110 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-01T23:13:37.000Z | 19,178 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-01T23:33:36.000Z | 19,201 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-01T23:48:36.000Z | 18,982 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T00:03:36.000Z | 18,955 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T00:18:36.000Z | 18,976 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T00:33:37.000Z | 19,032 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T00:48:37.000Z | 18,814 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T01:03:37.000Z | 18,673 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T01:18:37.000Z | 13,628 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T01:33:38.000Z | 13,661 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T01:48:37.000Z | 13,663 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T02:03:38.000Z | 13,602 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T02:13:38.000Z | 13,826 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T02:33:37.000Z | 14,336 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T02:43:37.000Z | 14,870 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T03:03:38.000Z | 16,579 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T03:18:39.000Z | 18,110 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T03:33:39.000Z | 19,117 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T03:43:38.000Z | 19,323 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T04:03:38.000Z | 19,412 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T04:18:39.000Z | 11,190 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T04:28:39.000Z | 11,282 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T04:43:39.000Z | 11,398 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T05:03:40.000Z | 11,338 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T05:18:39.000Z | 11,383 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T05:33:39.000Z | 11,416 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T05:48:40.000Z | 11,460 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T05:58:40.000Z | 11,472 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T06:13:40.000Z | 11,676 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T06:28:41.000Z | 11,699 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T06:43:40.000Z | 11,702 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T07:03:40.000Z | 11,690 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T07:18:41.000Z | 11,133 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T07:28:40.000Z | 11,167 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T07:43:40.000Z | 11,155 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T08:03:41.000Z | 10,913 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T08:13:42.000Z | 10,969 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T08:33:42.000Z | 11,032 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T08:43:42.000Z | 11,122 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T09:03:42.000Z | 11,068 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T09:28:42.000Z | 17,040 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T09:48:42.000Z | 17,440 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T10:03:43.000Z | 17,529 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T10:18:43.000Z | 17,787 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T10:33:42.000Z | 17,973 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T10:48:43.000Z | 18,087 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T11:03:43.000Z | 18,048 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T11:18:43.000Z | 18,460 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T11:33:43.000Z | 18,963 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T11:48:44.000Z | 18,719 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T12:03:44.000Z | 20,031 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T12:13:44.000Z | 20,130 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T12:28:44.000Z | 20,319 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T12:48:43.000Z | 19,742 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T13:03:44.000Z | 19,466 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T15:03:46.000Z | 17,265 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T15:18:46.000Z | 18,975 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T15:33:45.000Z | 20,116 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T15:48:46.000Z | 20,401 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T15:58:47.000Z | 20,577 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T16:18:46.000Z | 20,843 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T16:28:46.000Z | 20,843 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T16:43:46.000Z | 20,736 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T17:03:46.000Z | 20,733 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T17:18:47.000Z | 18,494 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T17:33:48.000Z | 18,549 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T17:43:48.000Z | 18,624 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T18:03:47.000Z | 18,667 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T18:18:48.000Z | 18,000 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T18:33:48.000Z | 18,055 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T18:48:48.000Z | 17,990 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T19:03:48.000Z | 18,008 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T19:18:47.000Z | 18,068 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T19:33:48.000Z | 17,704 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T19:48:49.000Z | 17,488 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T19:58:48.000Z | 17,491 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T20:18:49.000Z | 18,603 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T20:28:48.000Z | 18,451 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T20:48:48.000Z | 18,591 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T21:03:48.000Z | 18,880 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T21:18:49.000Z | 19,031 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T21:28:49.000Z | 19,150 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T21:48:50.000Z | 19,163 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T22:03:49.000Z | 19,157 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T22:18:50.000Z | 19,016 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T22:33:51.000Z | 18,057 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T22:43:49.000Z | 17,866 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T23:03:50.000Z | 17,955 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T23:13:50.000Z | 17,967 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T23:28:51.000Z | 17,943 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T23:43:50.000Z | 17,846 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-02T23:58:50.000Z | 17,844 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-03T00:13:51.000Z | 17,861 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-03T00:33:51.000Z | 17,905 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-03T00:48:52.000Z | 17,734 |
| PAYDAY 2 | 2026-11-03T00:58:51.000Z | 17,671 |
The table shows the latest 100 observations per game. Download CSV for every observation in this range.
How to use this evidence
Steam concurrent players: connected Steam users in the game at the observation time. This is not sales, revenue or total players. Missing observations are gaps, not zero. History starts when NGR first observes a game. Popular games are checked every 15 minutes; the rest of the catalogue is sampled on a rotating sweep. Playback transitions are visual animation, not additional measurements.
Share links freeze the cutoff at 2026-11-03T01:07:55.487Z. Newly collected observations after that time are excluded. This comparison supports a debate about connected Steam concurrency at these times, rather than which game sold more or is better. NGR does not store individual player identities.
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