diff --git a/api/game.go b/api/game.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c958e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/game.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/Flashfyre/pokerogue-server/db"
+)
+
+// /game/playercount - get player count
+
+func (s *Server) HandlePlayerCountGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	playerCount, err := db.FetchPlayerCount()
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	response, err := json.Marshal(playerCount)
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("failed to marshal response json: %s", err), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	w.Write(response)
+}
diff --git a/api/generic.go b/api/generic.go
index 9aef79d..0888bba 100644
--- a/api/generic.go
+++ b/api/generic.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ func (s *Server) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	case "/account/logout":
 		s.HandleAccountLogout(w, r)
 
+	case "/game/playercount":
+		s.HandlePlayerCountGet(w, r)
+
 	case "/savedata/get":
 		s.HandleSavedataGet(w, r)
 	case "/savedata/update":
diff --git a/db/game.go b/db/game.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb62b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/game.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package db
+
+func FetchPlayerCount() (int, error) {
+	var playerCount int
+
+	err := handle.QueryRow("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM accounts WHERE lastActivity > DATE_SUB(UTC_TIMESTAMP(), INTERVAL 5 MINUTE)").Scan(&playerCount)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	return playerCount, nil
+}