Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
DayZ is currently the more played game: 61,301 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 16,782 for Fallout 4 — about 4× more players. Fallout 4 counters with better Steam reviews: 81% positive vs 78%. Fallout 4 is currently 60% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, DayZ leads 7 of 9.
Coilr tracks charts like this for every game — and playtime history for your own library.
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
DayZ 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
DayZ
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
68%
Jul 15, 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 | DayZ | Fallout 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 61,301 | 16,782 |
| 24-hour peak | 61,301 | 16,782 |
| 7-day average | 37,901 | 11,384 |
| 30-day average | 37,137 | 11,326 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | +9% |
| Peak (tracked) | 65,084 | 17,597 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 81% positive |
| Total reviews | 466,560 | 427,115 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Dec 13, 2018 | Nov 9, 2015 |
| Price | $49.99 | $7.99 (−60%) |
Full stats: DayZ · Fallout 4 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | DayZ | Fallout 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 11,732 | 13,926 |
| May 2026 | 40,401 | 64,822 | 10,898 | 14,354 |
| Jun 2026 | 36,811 | 65,084 | 10,349 | 16,099 |
| Jul 2026 | 36,617 | 64,972 | 11,133 | 17,597 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 41,339 | 61,301 | 12,615 | 16,782 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
DayZ currently has more players: 61,301 concurrent players on Steam vs 16,782 for Fallout 4 — about 4× more players.
Over the last 30 days DayZ averaged 37,137 concurrent players and Fallout 4 averaged 11,326. By that measure DayZ is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: DayZ 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, Fallout 4 rates higher: 81% positive across 427,115 reviews vs 78% across 466,560 for DayZ. DayZ has the larger player base right now (61,301 vs 16,782 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
DayZ averaged 37,137 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 65,084.
Fallout 4 averaged 11,326 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 17,597.