Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / Simulation games.
Factorio is currently the more played game: 16,972 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 8,354 for Oxygen Not Included, about 2.0× more players. Factorio has been ahead for 59 days straight. Across all tracked metrics, Factorio leads 10 of 10.
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Coilr members average 241h in Factorio and 87.6h in Oxygen Not Included. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.

Factorio
241h
average of 36 members

Oxygen Not Included
87.6h
average of 35 members
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Tracked by Coilr since June 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Factorio has had the higher daily player count for the last 59 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
59
Current streak
59 days
Factorio
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
37%
Jul 18, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 59 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Factorio | Oxygen Not Included |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 16,972 | 8,354 |
| 24-hour peak | 19,159 | 9,067 |
| 7-day average | 15,489 | 6,638 |
| 30-day average | 16,470 | 7,393 |
| 30-day trend | −5% | −21% |
| Peak (tracked) | 27,492 | 18,091 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 98% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 234,491 | 143,768 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 14, 2020 | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Price | $35.00 | $24.99 |
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| Month | Factorio | Oxygen Not Included | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Jun 2026 | 8,348 | 16,695 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 17,214 | 26,886 | 10,249 | 18,091 |
| Aug 2026 | 17,471 | 27,492 | 8,575 | 15,723 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 15,763 | 25,985 | 6,917 | 12,095 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Factorio currently has more players: 16,972 concurrent players on Steam vs 8,354 for Oxygen Not Included, about 2.0× more players.
Over the last 30 days Factorio averaged 16,470 concurrent players and Oxygen Not Included averaged 7,393. By that measure Factorio is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Factorio has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 59 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Factorio rates higher: 98% positive across 234,491 reviews vs 97% across 143,768 for Oxygen Not Included. Factorio has the larger player base right now (16,972 vs 8,354 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Factorio averaged 16,470 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 27,492.
Oxygen Not Included averaged 7,393 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 21% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 18,091.