Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Simulation games.
War Thunder is currently the more played game: 65,338 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 10,754 for Arma 3 — about 6× more players. Arma 3 counters with better Steam reviews: 90% positive vs 71%. War Thunder is free to play, while Arma 3 costs $29.99. Across all tracked metrics, War Thunder leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
War Thunder 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
War Thunder
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
72%
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 | War Thunder |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 10,754 | 65,338 |
| 24-hour peak | 12,858 | 82,082 |
| 7-day average | 6,915 | 51,027 |
| 30-day average | 6,932 | 49,882 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | ±0% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,375 | 87,051 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 71% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 65% positive |
| Total reviews | 294,439 | 771,501 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 12, 2013 | Aug 15, 2013 |
| Price | $29.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Arma 3 | War Thunder | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 6,428 | 8,017 | 36,359 | 48,046 |
| May 2026 | 8,689 | 9,376 | 45,258 | 81,132 |
| Jun 2026 | 6,986 | 14,375 | 49,218 | 87,051 |
| Jul 2026 | 6,844 | 13,465 | 49,674 | 82,970 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 7,676 | 12,858 | 56,195 | 82,082 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
War Thunder currently has more players: 65,338 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,754 for Arma 3 — about 6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Arma 3 averaged 6,932 concurrent players and War Thunder averaged 49,882. By that measure War Thunder is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: War Thunder 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, Arma 3 rates higher: 90% positive across 294,439 reviews vs 71% across 771,501 for War Thunder. War Thunder has the larger player base right now (65,338 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.
War Thunder averaged 49,882 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 87,051.