Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
OBS Studio is currently the more played game: 22,939 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 21,855 for Garry's Mod — a similar number of players. Garry's Mod counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 95%. Across all tracked metrics, Garry's Mod leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Garry's Mod has had the higher daily player count for the last 50 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
50
Current streak
50 days
Garry's Mod
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
7%
Jul 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 50 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Garry's Mod | OBS Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 21,855 | 22,939 |
| 24-hour peak | 32,630 | 29,366 |
| 7-day average | 23,711 | 19,567 |
| 30-day average | 23,495 | 19,424 |
| 30-day trend | +2% | +1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 37,821 | 31,474 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 95% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,248,572 | 54,276 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | — |
| Release date | Nov 28, 2006 | Mar 20, 2022 |
| Price | $9.99 | — |
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| Month | Garry's Mod | OBS Studio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 15,423 | 20,907 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 21,092 | 37,821 | 19,580 | 29,952 |
| Jun 2026 | 23,156 | 36,690 | 19,294 | 31,474 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 23,684 | 35,551 | 19,351 | 30,480 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
OBS Studio currently has more players: 22,939 concurrent players on Steam vs 21,855 for Garry's Mod — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Garry's Mod averaged 23,495 concurrent players and OBS Studio averaged 19,424. By that measure Garry's Mod is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Garry's Mod has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 50 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Garry's Mod rates higher: 97% positive across 1,248,572 reviews vs 95% across 54,276 for OBS Studio. OBS Studio has the larger player base right now (22,939 vs 21,855 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Garry's Mod averaged 23,495 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,821.
OBS Studio averaged 19,424 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 31,474.