Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are RPG games.
Fallout 76 is currently the more played game: 13,157 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 12,034 for Fallout 4, a similar number of players. Fallout 4 has been ahead for 62 days straight. Fallout 4 counters with better Steam reviews: 81% positive vs 72%. Across all tracked metrics, Fallout 4 leads 8 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 60.9h in Fallout 4 and 37.5h in Fallout 76. 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.

Fallout 4
60.9h
average of 81 members

Fallout 76
37.5h
average of 31 members
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Fallout 4 has had the higher daily player count for the last 62 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
62
Current streak
62 days
Fallout 4
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
35%
Jul 17, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 62 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Fallout 4 | Fallout 76 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 12,034 | 13,157 |
| 24-hour peak | 12,467 | 13,433 |
| 7-day average | 10,766 | 5,042 |
| 30-day average | 11,224 | 5,385 |
| 30-day trend | −5% | −17% |
| Peak (tracked) | 18,815 | 13,433 |
| Steam reviews | 81% positive | 72% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 76% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 429,026 | 140,599 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 9, 2015 | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Price | $19.99 | $39.99 |
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| Month | Fallout 4 | Fallout 76 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 11,732 | 13,926 | 8,708 | 8,708 |
| May 2026 | 10,898 | 14,354 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 10,349 | 16,099 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 11,150 | 17,496 | 6,106 | 10,217 |
| Aug 2026 | 11,856 | 18,815 | 6,196 | 11,528 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 10,976 | 16,936 | 5,084 | 13,433 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Fallout 76 currently has more players: 13,157 concurrent players on Steam vs 12,034 for Fallout 4, a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Fallout 4 averaged 11,224 concurrent players and Fallout 76 averaged 5,385. By that measure Fallout 4 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Fallout 4 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 62 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Fallout 4 rates higher: 81% positive across 429,026 reviews vs 72% across 140,599 for Fallout 76. Fallout 76 has the larger player base right now (13,157 vs 12,034 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Fallout 4 averaged 11,224 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 18,815.
Fallout 76 averaged 5,385 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 17% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 13,433.