Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Simulation games.
Bongo Cat is currently the more played game: 150,041 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 44,328 for BeamNG.drive — about 3× more players. Bongo Cat is free to play, while BeamNG.drive costs $24.99. Across all tracked metrics, Bongo Cat leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Bongo Cat has had the higher daily player count for the last 63 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
63
Current streak
63 days
Bongo Cat
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
85%
Jun 14, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 63 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | BeamNG.drive | Bongo Cat |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 44,328 | 150,041 |
| 24-hour peak | 44,328 | 164,798 |
| 7-day average | 20,546 | 150,960 |
| 30-day average | 19,804 | 153,723 |
| 30-day trend | +3% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 44,328 | 187,909 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 406,117 | 106,728 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | — |
| Release date | May 29, 2015 | Mar 5, 2025 |
| Price | $24.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: BeamNG.drive · Bongo Cat · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | BeamNG.drive | Bongo Cat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 20,559 | 31,518 | 151,538 | 176,523 |
| Jun 2026 | 19,084 | 30,117 | 148,288 | 181,148 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,793 | 44,328 | 153,930 | 187,909 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Bongo Cat currently has more players: 150,041 concurrent players on Steam vs 44,328 for BeamNG.drive — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days BeamNG.drive averaged 19,804 concurrent players and Bongo Cat averaged 153,723. By that measure Bongo Cat is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Bongo Cat has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 63 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, BeamNG.drive rates higher: 97% positive across 406,117 reviews vs 97% across 106,728 for Bongo Cat. Bongo Cat has the larger player base right now (150,041 vs 44,328 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
BeamNG.drive averaged 19,804 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 44,328.
Bongo Cat averaged 153,723 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 187,909.