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Fallout 4 vs Hogwarts Legacy
Fallout 4 is the more played game right now: 12,578 players on Steam against 7,794 for Hogwarts Legacy, about 1.6× more players. Fallout 4 has been ahead for 134 days straight.
Hogwarts Legacy counters with better Steam reviews: 90% positive vs 81%. Across all tracked metrics, Fallout 4 leads 6 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, read every 10 minutes. Both are RPG games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 67.9h in Fallout 4 and 38.8h in Hogwarts Legacy. 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
67.9h
average of 113 members
Hogwarts Legacy
38.8h
average of 67 members
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Fallout 4
11,737Hogwarts Legacy
9,482Daily averages · latest day · Fallout 4, 24% ahead of Hogwarts Legacy
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Read every 10 minutes · methodology
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.
Head-to-head record
Fallout 4 has had the higher daily player count for the last 134 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Fallout 4 led 134 daysHogwarts Legacy led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 134
- Current streak
- 134 days
- Fallout 4
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 15%
- Sep 2, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 134 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Fallout 4 | Hogwarts Legacy |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 12,578 | 7,794 |
| 24-hour peak | 15,196 | 14,214 |
| 7-day average | 10,470 | 8,403 |
| 30-day average | 10,441 | 6,570 |
| 30-day trend | −9% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 18,815 | 15,673 |
| Steam reviews | 81% positive | 90% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 79% positive | 83% positive |
| Total reviews | 429,799 | 375,287 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 9, 2015 | Feb 10, 2023 |
| Price | $19.99 | $59.99 |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Fallout 4 | Hogwarts Legacy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 11,732 | 13,926 | 4,256 | 4,256 |
| May 2026 | 10,898 | 14,354 | 5,985 | 6,278 |
| Jun 2026 | 10,349 | 16,099 | 5,517 | 11,100 |
| Jul 2026 | 11,150 | 17,496 | 5,333 | 10,296 |
| Aug 2026 | 11,869 | 18,815 | 5,151 | 15,673 |
| Sep 2026 | 10,627 | 16,936 | 6,770 | 14,730 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 10,367 | 16,284 | 7,751 | 14,288 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Fallout 4 or Hogwarts Legacy?
Fallout 4 currently has more players: 12,578 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,794 for Hogwarts Legacy, about 1.6× more players.
Is Fallout 4 bigger than Hogwarts Legacy on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Fallout 4 averaged 10,441 concurrent players and Hogwarts Legacy averaged 6,570. By that measure Fallout 4 is currently the bigger game.
Has Hogwarts Legacy ever had more players than Fallout 4?
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 134 days both games have been tracked.
Is Fallout 4 better than Hogwarts Legacy?
By Steam review score, Hogwarts Legacy rates higher: 90% positive across 375,287 reviews vs 81% across 429,799 for Fallout 4. Fallout 4 has the larger player base right now (12,578 vs 7,794 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Fallout 4 growing or declining on Steam?
Fallout 4 averaged 10,441 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 18,815.
Is Hogwarts Legacy growing or declining on Steam?
Hogwarts Legacy averaged 6,570 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 15,673.
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