Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie games.
Rust is currently the more played game: 130,482 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 35,755 for Garry's Mod — about 4× more players. Garry's Mod counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 87%. Garry's Mod is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Rust leads 6 of 9.
Coilr tracks charts like this for every game — and playtime history for your own library.
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Rust has had the higher daily player count for the last 81 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
81
Current streak
81 days
Rust
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
66%
May 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 81 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Garry's Mod | Rust |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 35,755 | 130,482 |
| 24-hour peak | 36,109 | 137,985 |
| 7-day average | 26,629 | 100,946 |
| 30-day average | 25,122 | 105,817 |
| 30-day trend | +8% | ±0% |
| Peak (tracked) | 37,948 | 220,224 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 87% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 79% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,254,400 | 1,385,388 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 29, 2006 | Feb 8, 2018 |
| Price | $4.99 (−50%) | $19.99 (−50%) |
Full stats: Garry's Mod · Rust · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Garry's Mod | Rust | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 15,423 | 20,907 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 21,092 | 37,821 | 95,781 | 182,883 |
| Jun 2026 | 23,173 | 36,690 | 104,094 | 220,224 |
| Jul 2026 | 24,881 | 37,948 | 105,081 | 196,421 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 26,157 | 36,109 | 106,508 | 137,985 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Rust currently has more players: 130,482 concurrent players on Steam vs 35,755 for Garry's Mod — about 4× more players.
Over the last 30 days Garry's Mod averaged 25,122 concurrent players and Rust averaged 105,817. By that measure Rust is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Rust has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 81 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Garry's Mod rates higher: 97% positive across 1,254,400 reviews vs 87% across 1,385,388 for Rust. Rust has the larger player base right now (130,482 vs 35,755 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Garry's Mod averaged 25,122 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 8% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,948.
Rust averaged 105,817 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.