Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Simulation games.
Hearts of Iron IV is currently the more played game: 26,505 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 23,504 for eFootball™ — a similar number of players. Hearts of Iron IV also has the better Steam reviews: 90% positive vs 51%. eFootball™ is free to play, while Hearts of Iron IV costs $49.99. Across all tracked metrics, Hearts of Iron IV leads 8 of 10.
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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 63 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
63
Current streak
63 days
Hearts of Iron IV
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
11%
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 | eFootball™ | Hearts of Iron IV |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 23,504 | 26,505 |
| 24-hour peak | 28,514 | 53,525 |
| 7-day average | 20,825 | 39,042 |
| 30-day average | 18,052 | 39,195 |
| 30-day trend | +7% | +1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 33,347 | 71,856 |
| Steam reviews | 51% positive | 90% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 71% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 113,469 | 372,781 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 29, 2021 | Jun 6, 2016 |
| Price | Free to play | $49.99 |
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| Month | eFootball™ | Hearts of Iron IV | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 23,165 | 31,767 |
| May 2026 | 17,380 | 23,710 | 33,728 | 60,597 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,771 | 32,935 | 38,498 | 71,856 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 18,282 | 33,347 | 39,309 | 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: 26,505 concurrent players on Steam vs 23,504 for eFootball™ — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days eFootball™ averaged 18,052 concurrent players and Hearts of Iron IV averaged 39,195. 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 63 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Hearts of Iron IV rates higher: 90% positive across 372,781 reviews vs 51% across 113,469 for eFootball™. Hearts of Iron IV has the larger player base right now (26,505 vs 23,504 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
eFootball™ averaged 18,052 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 33,347.
Hearts of Iron IV averaged 39,195 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 71,856.