Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are RPG games.
Fallout 4 is currently the more played game: 6,691 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 923 for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — about 7× more players. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim counters with better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 81%. Across all tracked metrics, Fallout 4 leads 7 of 9.
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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 38 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
38
Current streak
38 days
Fallout 4
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
86%
Jun 9, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 38 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Fallout 4 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 6,691 | 923 |
| 24-hour peak | 12,548 | 1,557 |
| 7-day average | 11,014 | 1,110 |
| 30-day average | 10,681 | 1,120 |
| 30-day trend | +3% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 17,301 | 2,106 |
| Steam reviews | 81% positive | 95% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 83% positive | 93% positive |
| Total reviews | 426,266 | 317,677 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 8, 2015 | Nov 10, 2011 |
| Price | $19.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Fallout 4 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 11,732 | 13,926 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 10,898 | 14,354 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 10,336 | 16,099 | 1,161 | 2,106 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 10,957 | 17,301 | 1,095 | 1,911 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Fallout 4 currently has more players: 6,691 concurrent players on Steam vs 923 for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — about 7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Fallout 4 averaged 10,681 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim averaged 1,120. 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 38 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim rates higher: 95% positive across 317,677 reviews vs 81% across 426,266 for Fallout 4. Fallout 4 has the larger player base right now (6,691 vs 923 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Fallout 4 averaged 10,681 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 17,301.