Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Simulation games.
Hearts of Iron IV is currently the more played game: 45,487 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 44,328 for BeamNG.drive — a similar number of players. BeamNG.drive counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 90%. Across all tracked metrics, Hearts of Iron IV leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Hearts of Iron IV 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
Hearts of Iron IV
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
4%
May 18, 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 | BeamNG.drive | Hearts of Iron IV |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 44,328 | 45,487 |
| 24-hour peak | 44,328 | 52,419 |
| 7-day average | 20,546 | 39,065 |
| 30-day average | 19,804 | 39,208 |
| 30-day trend | +3% | +2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 44,328 | 71,856 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 90% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 406,117 | 372,781 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | May 29, 2015 | Jun 6, 2016 |
| Price | $24.99 | $49.99 |
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| Month | BeamNG.drive | Hearts of Iron IV | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 23,165 | 31,767 |
| May 2026 | 20,559 | 31,518 | 33,728 | 60,597 |
| Jun 2026 | 19,084 | 30,117 | 38,492 | 71,856 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,793 | 44,328 | 39,305 | 62,926 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Hearts of Iron IV currently has more players: 45,487 concurrent players on Steam vs 44,328 for BeamNG.drive — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days BeamNG.drive averaged 19,804 concurrent players and Hearts of Iron IV averaged 39,208. By that measure Hearts of Iron IV is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Hearts of Iron IV 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, BeamNG.drive rates higher: 97% positive across 406,117 reviews vs 90% across 372,781 for Hearts of Iron IV. Hearts of Iron IV has the larger player base right now (45,487 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.
Hearts of Iron IV averaged 39,208 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 71,856.