Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Simulation games.
Garry's Mod is currently the more played game: 35,755 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 10,754 for Arma 3 — about 3× more players. Garry's Mod also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 90%. Garry's Mod is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Garry's Mod leads 10 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Garry's Mod has had the higher daily player count for the last 69 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
69
Current streak
69 days
Garry's Mod
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
57%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 69 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Arma 3 | Garry's Mod |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 10,754 | 35,755 |
| 24-hour peak | 12,858 | 36,109 |
| 7-day average | 6,915 | 26,629 |
| 30-day average | 6,932 | 25,122 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | +8% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,375 | 37,948 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 294,439 | 1,254,400 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 12, 2013 | Nov 29, 2006 |
| Price | $29.99 | $4.99 (−50%) |
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| Month | Arma 3 | Garry's Mod | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 6,428 | 8,017 | 15,423 | 20,907 |
| May 2026 | 8,689 | 9,376 | 21,092 | 37,821 |
| Jun 2026 | 6,986 | 14,375 | 23,173 | 36,690 |
| Jul 2026 | 6,844 | 13,465 | 24,881 | 37,948 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 7,676 | 12,858 | 26,157 | 36,109 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Garry's Mod currently has more players: 35,755 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,754 for Arma 3 — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Arma 3 averaged 6,932 concurrent players and Garry's Mod averaged 25,122. By that measure Garry's Mod is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Garry's Mod has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 69 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Garry's Mod rates higher: 97% positive across 1,254,400 reviews vs 90% across 294,439 for Arma 3. Garry's Mod has the larger player base right now (35,755 vs 10,754 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Arma 3 averaged 6,932 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,375.
Garry's Mod averaged 25,122 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 8% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,948.