Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
Project Zomboid is currently the more played game: 30,919 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 28,668 for OBS Studio — a similar number of players. Across all tracked metrics, Project Zomboid leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Project Zomboid has had the higher daily player count for the last 56 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
56
Current streak
56 days
Project Zomboid
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
10%
Jun 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 56 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | OBS Studio | Project Zomboid |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 28,668 | 30,919 |
| 24-hour peak | 31,953 | 32,680 |
| 7-day average | 19,972 | 26,856 |
| 30-day average | 19,541 | 26,550 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | +5% |
| Peak (tracked) | 31,953 | 40,732 |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 54,603 | 460,282 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 20, 2022 | Nov 7, 2013 |
| Price | — | $19.99 |
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| Month | OBS Studio | Project Zomboid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 19,580 | 29,952 | 26,844 | 38,458 |
| Jun 2026 | 19,298 | 31,474 | 24,875 | 38,508 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,624 | 31,953 | 27,230 | 40,732 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Project Zomboid currently has more players: 30,919 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 Project Zomboid averaged 26,550. By that measure Project Zomboid is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Project Zomboid has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 56 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, OBS Studio rates higher: 95% positive across 54,603 reviews vs 94% across 460,282 for Project Zomboid. Project Zomboid has the larger player base right now (30,919 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.
Project Zomboid averaged 26,550 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 40,732.