Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
PAYDAY 2 is currently the more played game: 32,767 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 28,668 for OBS Studio — a similar number of players. OBS Studio counters with better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 89%. PAYDAY 2 is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, PAYDAY 2 leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
PAYDAY 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 53 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
53
Current streak
53 days
PAYDAY 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
15%
Jun 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 53 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | OBS Studio | PAYDAY 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 28,668 | 32,767 |
| 24-hour peak | 31,953 | 34,276 |
| 7-day average | 19,972 | 30,034 |
| 30-day average | 19,541 | 29,957 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 31,953 | 36,219 |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 54,603 | 673,507 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 20, 2022 | Aug 12, 2013 |
| Price | — | $4.99 (−50%) |
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| Month | OBS Studio | PAYDAY 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 16,764 | 26,468 |
| May 2026 | 19,580 | 29,952 | 25,803 | 33,915 |
| Jun 2026 | 19,298 | 31,474 | 28,983 | 35,496 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,624 | 31,953 | 30,536 | 36,219 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
PAYDAY 2 currently has more players: 32,767 concurrent players on Steam vs 28,668 for OBS Studio — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days OBS Studio averaged 19,541 concurrent players and PAYDAY 2 averaged 29,957. By that measure PAYDAY 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: PAYDAY 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 53 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, OBS Studio rates higher: 95% positive across 54,603 reviews vs 89% across 673,507 for PAYDAY 2. PAYDAY 2 has the larger player base right now (32,767 vs 28,668 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
OBS Studio averaged 19,541 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 31,953.
PAYDAY 2 averaged 29,957 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 36,219.