Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Simulation games.
Football Manager 26 is currently the more played game: 43,212 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 16,796 for Heartopia — about 3× more players. Heartopia counters with better Steam reviews: 66% positive vs 34%. Across all tracked metrics, Football Manager 26 leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Football Manager 26 has had the higher daily player count for the last 53 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
53
Current streak
53 days
Football Manager 26
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
50%
Jul 11, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 53 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Football Manager 26 | Heartopia |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 43,212 | 16,796 |
| 24-hour peak | 45,662 | 20,208 |
| 7-day average | 30,256 | 12,692 |
| 30-day average | 29,900 | 10,075 |
| 30-day trend | −4% | −6% |
| Peak (tracked) | 52,839 | 22,337 |
| Steam reviews | 34% positive | 66% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 53% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 34,278 | 14,926 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | — |
| Release date | Nov 3, 2025 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Price | $29.99 | — |
Full stats: Football Manager 26 · Heartopia · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Football Manager 26 | Heartopia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 33,572 | 52,839 | 12,875 | 19,379 |
| Jun 2026 | 30,328 | 51,305 | 9,839 | 20,248 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 30,058 | 47,555 | 10,690 | 22,337 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Football Manager 26 currently has more players: 43,212 concurrent players on Steam vs 16,796 for Heartopia — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Football Manager 26 averaged 29,900 concurrent players and Heartopia averaged 10,075. By that measure Football Manager 26 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Football Manager 26 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 53 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Heartopia rates higher: 66% positive across 14,926 reviews vs 34% across 34,278 for Football Manager 26. Football Manager 26 has the larger player base right now (43,212 vs 16,796 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Football Manager 26 averaged 29,900 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 52,839.
Heartopia averaged 10,075 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 22,337.