which site has the most accurate player/owner estimation for games?

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

So I'm looking at the owner data on Steamdb, which uses 3 method of calculations:
- by review
- playertracker
- Steamspy

For most games I searched, the estimation by steamspy and based on reviews are usually in the same/closer range, and playertracker tend to provide a much lower count.

Anyone know which one provides more accurate data? Even though playertracker is usually the odd one of the 3, its data tend to be a lot more precise so I feel like it could be the most accurate one.

[my new friend]

Steamcharts is another decent one. They all basically use the same calls to get the information though.

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

Originally posted by my new friend:

Steamcharts is another decent one. They all basically use the same calls to get the information though.

Steamchart only seems to have "current" and "active" players, not total number of owners of the game.

[Spawn of Totoro]

None as they can't track everyone. Best they can hope to do is estimate based on users with open profiles as they have to scrape the information by scanning steam profiles.

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

None as they can't track everyone. Best they can hope to do is estimate based on users with open profiles as they have to scrape the information by scanning steam profiles.

so would you say the estimation tend to be lower than actual number of owners?

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by UnhappyLawbro:

so would you say the estimation tend to be lower than actual number of owners?

Could go either way, honestly. Unless the developer/publisher announces the number of copies sold, I'd take any estimate of player counts with a large bag of salt.

[my new friend]

Since games details were defaulted private a couple years ago, the information hasn't been remotely close to what they could see on public profiles. And public profiles back them were still not the whole of the community.

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by UnhappyLawbro:

so would you say the estimation tend to be lower than actual number of owners?

Could go either way, honestly. Unless the developer/publisher announces the number of copies sold, I'd take any estimate of player counts with a large bag of salt.

I see, thanks.
Too bad publisher don't tend to do that for most games, and even when they do, it's only total sales across all platforms rather than just Steam and only "above" a certain number as opposed to exact figure.