Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Casual / Free To Play games.
The Sims™ 4 is currently the more played game: 24,227 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 14,773 for Heartopia — about 1.6× more players. The Sims™ 4 also has the better Steam reviews: 86% positive vs 66%. The Sims™ 4 is free to play. Across all tracked metrics, The Sims™ 4 leads 9 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 50 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
50
Current streak
50 days
The Sims™ 4
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
39%
Jul 11, 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 | Heartopia | The Sims™ 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 14,773 | 24,227 |
| 24-hour peak | 16,380 | 31,349 |
| 7-day average | 12,166 | 25,095 |
| 30-day average | 9,632 | 24,683 |
| 30-day trend | −12% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 22,337 | 38,011 |
| Steam reviews | 66% positive | 86% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 68% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 14,807 | 197,041 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jan 15, 2026 | Jun 17, 2020 |
| Price | — | Free to play |
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| Month | Heartopia | The Sims™ 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 21,233 | 25,327 |
| May 2026 | 12,875 | 19,379 | 24,881 | 38,011 |
| Jun 2026 | 9,839 | 20,248 | 24,019 | 36,305 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 10,071 | 22,337 | 24,882 | 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: 24,227 concurrent players on Steam vs 14,773 for Heartopia — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Heartopia averaged 9,632 concurrent players and The Sims™ 4 averaged 24,683. 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 50 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, The Sims™ 4 rates higher: 86% positive across 197,041 reviews vs 66% across 14,807 for Heartopia. The Sims™ 4 has the larger player base right now (24,227 vs 14,773 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Heartopia averaged 9,632 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 22,337.
The Sims™ 4 averaged 24,683 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 38,011.