Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Casual / Indie games.
Garry's Mod is currently the more played game: 21,855 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 14,693 for BidKing — about 49% more players. Garry's Mod also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 33%. Across all tracked metrics, Garry's Mod leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Garry's Mod has had the higher daily player count for the last 50 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
50
Current streak
50 days
Garry's Mod
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
23%
May 29, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 50 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | BidKing | Garry's Mod |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 14,693 | 21,855 |
| 24-hour peak | 14,693 | 32,630 |
| 7-day average | 8,804 | 23,711 |
| 30-day average | 11,160 | 23,495 |
| 30-day trend | −27% | +2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 26,806 | 37,821 |
| Steam reviews | 33% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 12% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 22,500 | 1,248,572 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 14, 2026 | Nov 28, 2006 |
| Price | — | $9.99 |
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| Month | BidKing | Garry's Mod | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 15,423 | 20,907 |
| May 2026 | 16,900 | 26,806 | 21,092 | 37,821 |
| Jun 2026 | 13,652 | 26,321 | 23,156 | 36,690 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 10,006 | 19,321 | 23,684 | 35,551 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Garry's Mod currently has more players: 21,855 concurrent players on Steam vs 14,693 for BidKing — about 49% more players.
Over the last 30 days BidKing averaged 11,160 concurrent players and Garry's Mod averaged 23,495. By that measure Garry's Mod is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Garry's Mod has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 50 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Garry's Mod rates higher: 97% positive across 1,248,572 reviews vs 33% across 22,500 for BidKing. Garry's Mod has the larger player base right now (21,855 vs 14,693 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
BidKing averaged 11,160 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 27% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,806.
Garry's Mod averaged 23,495 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,821.