Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Free To Play / Massively Multiplayer games.
VRChat is currently the more played game: 51,297 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 10,657 for Albion Online — about 5× more players. Albion Online counters with better Steam reviews: 78% positive vs 75%. Across all tracked metrics, VRChat leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
VRChat has had the higher daily player count for the last 17 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
17
Current streak
17 days
VRChat
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
80%
Jul 17, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 17 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Albion Online | VRChat |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 10,657 | 51,297 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,995 | 63,448 |
| 7-day average | 7,695 | 47,582 |
| 30-day average | 7,655 | 46,082 |
| 30-day trend | — | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 11,286 | 67,961 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 75% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 75% positive | 73% positive |
| Total reviews | 92,879 | 266,366 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | May 16, 2018 | Feb 1, 2017 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Albion Online | VRChat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 45,459 | 46,885 |
| May 2026 | 9,411 | 9,411 | 48,748 | 63,918 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 44,864 | 67,961 |
| Jul 2026 | 7,638 | 11,286 | 45,188 | 63,948 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 8,215 | 11,006 | 54,136 | 63,448 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
VRChat currently has more players: 51,297 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,657 for Albion Online — about 5× more players.
Over the last 30 days Albion Online averaged 7,655 concurrent players and VRChat averaged 46,082. By that measure VRChat is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: VRChat has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 17 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Albion Online rates higher: 78% positive across 92,879 reviews vs 75% across 266,366 for VRChat. VRChat has the larger player base right now (51,297 vs 10,657 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
VRChat averaged 46,082 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 67,961.