Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Simulation games.
BeamNG.drive is currently the more played game: 25,261 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 7,771 for Cities: Skylines — about 3× more players. BeamNG.drive also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 93%. Across all tracked metrics, BeamNG.drive leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
BeamNG.drive has had the higher daily player count for the last 47 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
47
Current streak
47 days
BeamNG.drive
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
50%
Jun 20, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 47 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | BeamNG.drive | Cities: Skylines |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 25,261 | 7,771 |
| 24-hour peak | 26,815 | 9,957 |
| 7-day average | 19,545 | 7,847 |
| 30-day average | 19,336 | 8,380 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | +7% |
| Peak (tracked) | 31,518 | 14,448 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 93% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 403,609 | 290,278 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | May 28, 2015 | Mar 9, 2015 |
| Price | $24.99 | $29.99 |
Full stats: BeamNG.drive · Cities: Skylines · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | BeamNG.drive | Cities: Skylines | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 6,993 | 9,026 |
| May 2026 | 20,559 | 31,518 | 7,520 | 12,056 |
| Jun 2026 | 19,055 | 30,150 | 8,290 | 14,448 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,546 | 29,705 | 8,101 | 13,440 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
BeamNG.drive currently has more players: 25,261 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,771 for Cities: Skylines — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days BeamNG.drive averaged 19,336 concurrent players and Cities: Skylines averaged 8,380. By that measure BeamNG.drive is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: BeamNG.drive has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 47 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, BeamNG.drive rates higher: 97% positive across 403,609 reviews vs 93% across 290,278 for Cities: Skylines. BeamNG.drive has the larger player base right now (25,261 vs 7,771 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
BeamNG.drive averaged 19,336 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 31,518.
Cities: Skylines averaged 8,380 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,448.