Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Arma 3 is currently the more played game: 5,447 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 4,217 for Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition — about 29% more players. Arma 3 also has the better Steam reviews: 90% positive vs 83%. Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition is currently 70% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Arma 3 leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Arma 3 has had the higher daily player count for the last 43 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
43
Current streak
43 days
Arma 3
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
20%
Jul 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 43 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Arma 3 | Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 5,447 | 4,217 |
| 24-hour peak | 8,312 | 6,104 |
| 7-day average | 6,746 | 4,946 |
| 30-day average | 7,015 | 4,002 |
| 30-day trend | +4% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,375 | 8,484 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 83% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 89% positive | 87% positive |
| Total reviews | 293,988 | 199,135 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 11, 2013 | Mar 24, 2020 |
| Price | $29.99 | $5.99 (−70%) |
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| Month | Arma 3 | Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 6,428 | 8,017 | 2,580 | 3,025 |
| May 2026 | 8,689 | 9,376 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 6,978 | 14,375 | 2,939 | 6,490 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 6,806 | 13,372 | 4,879 | 8,484 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Arma 3 currently has more players: 5,447 concurrent players on Steam vs 4,217 for Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition — about 29% more players.
Over the last 30 days Arma 3 averaged 7,015 concurrent players and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition averaged 4,002. By that measure Arma 3 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Arma 3 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 43 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Arma 3 rates higher: 90% positive across 293,988 reviews vs 83% across 199,135 for Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition. Arma 3 has the larger player base right now (5,447 vs 4,217 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Arma 3 averaged 7,015 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,375.