Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
The Elder Scrolls® Online is currently the more played game: 10,947 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 9,810 for Arma 3 — a similar number of players. Arma 3 counters with better Steam reviews: 90% positive vs 81%. Across all tracked metrics, The Elder Scrolls® Online leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
The Elder Scrolls® Online has had the higher daily player count for the last 22 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
22
Current streak
22 days
The Elder Scrolls® Online
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
9%
Jun 21, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 22 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Arma 3 | The Elder Scrolls® Online |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 9,810 | 10,947 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,826 | 11,771 |
| 7-day average | 6,687 | 8,534 |
| 30-day average | 7,038 | 9,525 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,375 | 15,420 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 89% positive | 71% positive |
| Total reviews | 293,988 | 160,891 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 11, 2013 | May 22, 2017 |
| Price | $29.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Arma 3 | The Elder Scrolls® Online | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 6,428 | 8,017 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 8,689 | 9,376 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 6,979 | 14,375 | 9,779 | 15,420 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 6,826 | 13,372 | 9,224 | 14,097 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
The Elder Scrolls® Online currently has more players: 10,947 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,810 for Arma 3 — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Arma 3 averaged 7,038 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 9,525. By that measure The Elder Scrolls® Online is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: The Elder Scrolls® Online has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 22 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Arma 3 rates higher: 90% positive across 293,988 reviews vs 81% across 160,891 for The Elder Scrolls® Online. The Elder Scrolls® Online has the larger player base right now (10,947 vs 9,810 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Arma 3 averaged 7,038 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,375.