Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Simulation games.
War Thunder is currently the more played game: 50,548 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 31,941 for Garry's Mod — about 1.6× more players. Garry's Mod counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 71%. War Thunder is free to play, while Garry's Mod costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, War Thunder leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
War Thunder has had the higher daily player count for the last 83 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
83
Current streak
83 days
War Thunder
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
36%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 83 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Garry's Mod | War Thunder |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 31,941 | 50,548 |
| 24-hour peak | 32,630 | 68,092 |
| 7-day average | 23,787 | 48,087 |
| 30-day average | 23,473 | 49,591 |
| 30-day trend | +2% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 37,821 | 87,498 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 71% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 59% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,248,572 | 766,241 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 28, 2006 | Aug 14, 2013 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: Garry's Mod · War Thunder · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Garry's Mod | War Thunder | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 15,423 | 20,907 | 36,359 | 48,046 |
| May 2026 | 21,092 | 37,821 | 45,258 | 81,132 |
| Jun 2026 | 23,146 | 36,787 | 49,158 | 87,498 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 23,855 | 35,551 | 49,809 | 81,938 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
War Thunder currently has more players: 50,548 concurrent players on Steam vs 31,941 for Garry's Mod — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Garry's Mod averaged 23,473 concurrent players and War Thunder averaged 49,591. By that measure War Thunder is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: War Thunder has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 83 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Garry's Mod rates higher: 97% positive across 1,248,572 reviews vs 71% across 766,241 for War Thunder. War Thunder has the larger player base right now (50,548 vs 31,941 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Garry's Mod averaged 23,473 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,821.
War Thunder averaged 49,591 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 87,498.