Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure games.
The Sims™ 4 is currently the more played game: 30,867 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 20,349 for Grim Dawn — about 1.5× more players. Grim Dawn counters with better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 86%. The Sims™ 4 is free to play, while Grim Dawn costs $24.99. Across all tracked metrics, The Sims™ 4 leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
The Sims™ 4 has had the higher daily player count for the last 54 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
54
Current streak
54 days
The Sims™ 4
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
60%
Jul 23, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 54 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Grim Dawn | The Sims™ 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 20,349 | 30,867 |
| 24-hour peak | 22,505 | 32,186 |
| 7-day average | 5,179 | 24,819 |
| 30-day average | 4,359 | 24,879 |
| 30-day trend | +46% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 22,505 | 38,011 |
| Steam reviews | 94% positive | 86% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 106,886 | 197,391 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 24, 2016 | Jun 17, 2020 |
| Price | $24.99 | Free to play |
Full stats: Grim Dawn · The Sims™ 4 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Grim Dawn | The Sims™ 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 21,233 | 25,327 |
| May 2026 | 2,842 | 2,912 | 24,881 | 38,011 |
| Jun 2026 | 3,060 | 6,107 | 24,023 | 36,305 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 4,712 | 22,505 | 24,932 | 37,376 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
The Sims™ 4 currently has more players: 30,867 concurrent players on Steam vs 20,349 for Grim Dawn — about 1.5× more players.
Over the last 30 days Grim Dawn averaged 4,359 concurrent players and The Sims™ 4 averaged 24,879. By that measure The Sims™ 4 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: The Sims™ 4 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 54 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Grim Dawn rates higher: 94% positive across 106,886 reviews vs 86% across 197,391 for The Sims™ 4. The Sims™ 4 has the larger player base right now (30,867 vs 20,349 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Grim Dawn averaged 4,359 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 46% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 22,505.
The Sims™ 4 averaged 24,879 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 38,011.