Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Simulation games.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is currently the more played game: 35,703 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 10,754 for Arma 3 — about 3× more players. Arma 3 counters with better Steam reviews: 90% positive vs 88%. Across all tracked metrics, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has had the higher daily player count for the last 64 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
64
Current streak
64 days
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
55%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 64 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Arma 3 | Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 10,754 | 35,703 |
| 24-hour peak | 12,858 | 43,397 |
| 7-day average | 6,915 | 25,648 |
| 30-day average | 6,932 | 26,292 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | +26% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,375 | 46,571 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 294,439 | 294,663 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 12, 2013 | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Price | $29.99 | $49.99 |
Full stats: Arma 3 · Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Arma 3 | Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 6,428 | 8,017 | 19,716 | 19,716 |
| May 2026 | 8,689 | 9,376 | 21,694 | 33,714 |
| Jun 2026 | 6,986 | 14,375 | 20,380 | 39,740 |
| Jul 2026 | 6,844 | 13,465 | 25,937 | 46,571 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 7,676 | 12,858 | 30,241 | 43,397 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord currently has more players: 35,703 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 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord averaged 26,292. By that measure Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 64 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Arma 3 rates higher: 90% positive across 294,439 reviews vs 88% across 294,663 for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has the larger player base right now (35,703 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.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord averaged 26,292 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 26% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 46,571.