Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Early Access / Simulation games.
VRChat is currently the more played game: 47,839 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 45,831 for BeamNG.drive — a similar number of players. BeamNG.drive counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 75%. VRChat is free to play, while BeamNG.drive costs $24.99. Across all tracked metrics, VRChat leads 6 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
VRChat 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
VRChat
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
45%
Jul 29, 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 | VRChat |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 45,831 | 47,839 |
| 24-hour peak | 45,831 | 56,406 |
| 7-day average | 20,600 | 47,380 |
| 30-day average | 19,816 | 45,052 |
| 30-day trend | +4% | −1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 45,831 | 67,961 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 75% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 73% positive |
| Total reviews | 406,117 | 265,962 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | May 29, 2015 | Feb 1, 2017 |
| Price | $24.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: BeamNG.drive · VRChat · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | BeamNG.drive | VRChat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 45,459 | 46,885 |
| May 2026 | 20,559 | 31,518 | 48,748 | 63,918 |
| Jun 2026 | 19,084 | 30,117 | 44,905 | 67,961 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,906 | 45,831 | 45,217 | 63,948 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
VRChat currently has more players: 47,839 concurrent players on Steam vs 45,831 for BeamNG.drive — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days BeamNG.drive averaged 19,816 concurrent players and VRChat averaged 45,052. By that measure VRChat is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: VRChat 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 75% across 265,962 for VRChat. VRChat has the larger player base right now (47,839 vs 45,831 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
BeamNG.drive averaged 19,816 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 45,831.
VRChat averaged 45,052 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 67,961.