How many people are playing Wayward right now?

Wayward has 8 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 29 and an all-time peak of 140 on Apr 2016.

What is the all-time peak player count of Wayward?

140 concurrent players on Apr 2016.

When was Wayward released on Steam?

Wayward was released on Steam on 22 Apr 2016.

Wayward Steam Charts: 8 Players Now

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Wayward Steam Charts: 8 Players Now · SteamPeaks

Steam charts

Playing now

8−9

24-hour peak

All-time peak

140Apr 2016

30-day average

Rank right now

#8,169

Wayward · Concurrent players

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Wayward

Monthly breakdown

Updated 2 minutes ago

Month	Average	Gain	% Gain	Peak
Sept 2026	19	+4	+30.7%	29
Aug 2026	15	−3	−14.4%	23
Jul 2026	18	+2	+15.1%	37
Jun 2026	16	−1	−7.5%	28
May 2026	17	−4	−18.8%	29
Apr 2026	21	+2	+8.8%	38
Mar 2026	19	+3	+15.4%	46
Feb 2026	16	−3	−16.0%	33
Jan 2026	19	+0	+0.1%	36
Dec 2025	19	−3	−13.0%	44
Nov 2025	22	+3	+14.2%	48
Oct 2025	19	—	—	48

Tracking since since 6 Sep 2026, 07:12 UTC

Launch retention

Open in CompareUpdated 2 minutes ago

Launch retention needs samples from the first day after release. SteamPeaks started sampling this app since 6 Sep 2026, 07:12 UTC; the curve appears for launches tracked from their unlock.

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Days above 1,000,000 in 2026

Weekend peak this week

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Daily peak · last 14 days	Peak
Sun 6 Sept · weekend	29
Mon 7 Sept	23

Followers · last 12 months

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Daily from the first store poll

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Steam store

Store data

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#8,169

Concurrent players rank

Among apps sampled in the last 15 minutes

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Top sellers rank

Not in the weekly top 100

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Wishlist activity rank

Wishlist list arrives with the store rankings job

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Most followed rank

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Twitch viewers · last 7 days

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No live streams found for this game in the last 7 days, or Twitch has no matching category.

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Live channels

Estimates · not Steam data

Owner estimates

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Every figure here is derived, shown as a range, and links to its method. Steam does not publish owner counts.

Source	Estimated owners	Method	Confidence
SteamPeaks	Fewer than 50 reviews: not estimated	Reviews × k, calibrated on announced figures · How it works	—