The Butchery vs Shepherd Simulator
The Butchery currently leads with 3,164 concurrent players against 2,012, a 1.6× advantage. On all-time peak the record belongs to The Butchery at 4,968 concurrent players, versus 3,146. Momentum favours Shepherd Simulator: +63.9% week over week versus +4.5% for The Butchery. Lifetime, The Butchery has more visits (130.5M vs 22M). Full side-by-side history for The Butchery and Shepherd Simulator is charted above.
The Butchery
3,164
playing now
4,380 24h peak · 130.5M visits
VS
🐑 Shepherd Simulator
2,012
playing now
2,581 24h peak · 22M visits
Player count history
The ButcheryShepherd Simulator
Head to head
| Metric | The Butchery | Shepherd Simulator | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing now | 3,164 | 2,012 | 1,152 (1.6×) |
| 24h peak | 4,380 | 2,581 | 1,799 (1.7×) |
| 24h average | 3,073 | 1,826 | 1,247 (1.7×) |
| 7-day peak | 4,865 | 3,106 | 1,759 (1.6×) |
| 7-day average | 3,287 | 1,909 | 1,378 (1.7×) |
| 30-day peak | 4,875 | 3,106 | 1,769 (1.6×) |
| All-time peak | 4,968 | 3,146 | 1,822 (1.6×) |
| 24h change | ▼ 11.7% | ▼ 14.4% | — |
| 7d change | ▲ 4.5% | ▲ 63.9% | — |
| Total visits | 130.5M | 22M | 108.5M (5.9×) |
| Visits (24h) | 260.3K | 152.2K | 108.1K (1.7×) |
| Visits (7d) | 2M | 1.2M | 815.1K (1.7×) |
| Favorites | 812K | 99.1K | 712.9K (8.2×) |
| Rating | 87.9% | 92.8% | — |
| Global rank (players) | #539 | #810 | of 8,017 |
| Trending score | -22.5 | -14.0 | — |
| Created | Dec 26, 2022 | Mar 11, 2026 | — |
| Genre | Adventure | Simulation | — |
Other comparisons
Both games are sampled on the same schedule and plotted on a shared time axis, so the comparison is like for like. Peaks, averages and growth come from RoVitals's own recorded history — 13 days for The Butchery, 13 for Shepherd Simulator.