Plains of Pain
220 – 790 daily players
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Plains of Pain is estimated to have 220 – 790 players a day. Around 30k – 77k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.
Player stats
Steam players today
60
Peak concurrent players on Steam today. Other platforms and launchers are not counted.
Estimated daily players
220 – 790
How many people we think play Plains of Pain on a given day.
Estimated total players
30 thousand – 77 thousand
How many accounts we think have played Plains of Pain at some point.
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~682 | Up 0.6% |
| September 2026 | ~678 | Up 14% |
| August 2026 | ~595 | Up 1.5% |
| July 2026 | ~586 | — |
Community activity
Daily Plains of Pain community data tracked across Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube.
Steam concurrent players
84% positive · 1,087 reviews
60Down 51% past month
Plains of Pain recently drew 60 peak concurrent players on Steam, below its tracked high of 332 set on Sep 6, 2026. Steam activity is down 51% over the past month. Players have posted 1,087 Steam reviews, 84% of them positive.
Discord members
318 online now
1.6kUp 2.8% past month
The official Plains of Pain Discord server has 1,571 members, with 318 of them online at the last check. Membership is up 2.8% over the past month.
Twitch viewers
1 live streams
5Down 29% past month
Plains of Pain recently drew 5 live viewers on Twitch across 1 streams; viewership peaked at 114 on Sep 7, 2026. Twitch viewership is down 29% over the past month.
YouTube subscribers
703Up 4.9% past month
The official Plains of Pain YouTube channel has 703 subscribers. The subscriber count is up 4.9% over the past month.
Trailer
Storyline
Humanity stood at the peak of technological achievement when it all went wrong. For reasons no one could explain, the sun began unleashing colossal solar flares—so powerful they vaporized Mercury and Venus within days. Earth was next. The heat rose, fast and merciless. Panic spread like wildfire. The world’s leaders didn’t save anyone. They saved themselves. In a secret evacuation project, the powerful and the wealthy abandoned Earth, leaving the rest behind to face the inferno. Civilization cracked, then crumbled. What was once a thriving world fragmented into chaos and dust. The land is now a scorched wasteland. Blistering heat and relentless drought have drained the planet dry. Most of the remaining survivors lost their minds long ago—wandering the deadlands in search of scraps of food or drops of water. Two factions now fight to bring some semblance of order to the madness. Each claims to be humanity's last hope—but they have very different visions of what the future should look like. If you don't have reputation with them, you're nothing. Just another ghost in the heat. And this is where your story begins. You're no one. No past, no protection—just the will to live. Survive however you can. Earn trust from the factions... or walk your own path. Stay neutral, or pick a side. There are no easy choices. Trade, build, explore. Dig into the ruins of the world and decide for yourself who’s right, who’s wrong—and who’s already lost.
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Frequently asked questions
How many people play Plains of Pain?
Plains of Pain has an estimated 220–790 daily players and roughly 30,000–77,000 accounts that have played it in total, as of October 2026. The range is derived from Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, not from server data, so actual numbers may differ.
Is Plains of Pain dead or still active?
No, Plains of Pain is not dead — it is live and playable, with an estimated 220–790 daily players as of October 2026.
How many players does Plains of Pain have on Steam?
Plains of Pain recently peaked at 60 concurrent players on Steam in a single day, and its highest tracked daily peak is 332. This only counts Steam — players on other launchers and platforms are not included.
How big is the Plains of Pain Discord server?
The official Plains of Pain Discord server has around 1,571 members (318 typically online).
When was Plains of Pain released?
Plains of Pain was released in February 2023 by Cobra Byte Digital.
What platforms is Plains of Pain available on?
Plains of Pain is available on Windows.