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Twilight Struggle
#2204 most played
Playing now
50
7d trend
+0.5%
74 vs 73
24h peak
95
low 47
7d peak
101
All-time peak
112
Apr 2016 · now 45% of peak
Avg 30d
73
Hours played
21,509
30d
Best rank
#1696
now #2204
Top sellers
#6,062
Positive reviews
86%
2,970

Twilight Struggle

Live player count and Steam charts

86% positive · 2,970 reviews
24h low 4724h high 95

Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.

DeveloperPlaydek, Inc.
PublisherPlaydek, Inc.
ReleasedApr 13, 2016
Runs onWindows, macOS
Steam hardwareSteam Deck Playable · SteamOS Playable · Steam Machine Playable
Price$9.99

Player history

2018202020222024

Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 14, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.

Monthly player counts

* current month, data so far
MonthAvg playersGain% gainPeak
Jul 2026 *73+5+7.4%122
Jun 202668-2-2.9%105
May 202670-7-9.1%112
Apr 202677-5-6.1%129
Mar 202682-5-5.7%136
Feb 202687+3+3.6%151
Jan 202684+14+20.0%147
Dec 202570-1-1.4%108
Nov 202571-2-2.7%109
Oct 202573+4+5.8%122
Sep 202569-3-4.2%107
Aug 202572-3-4.0%112

* current month, data so far

Recent updates

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When people play

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35
102avg players

Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 15 days, shown in .

Daily activity peaks around 14:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in East & Southeast Asia. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.

Audience

English
51%
Chinese (Simplified)
29%
Russian
6%
Korean
3%
French
2%
Italian
2%
Other
7%

Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 256 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.

Achievements

Achievements
31
Median earned by
6%
Rarest earned by
0.1%

Every achievement in the game, ordered from most to least earned (#1 is the one the most players have). Height is the share of all players who have it; the dashed line is the median. Global rates from Steam.

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