Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
OBS Studio is currently the more played game: 22,939 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 20,811 for The Sims™ 4 — a similar number of players. OBS Studio also has the better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 86%. The Sims™ 4 is free to play. 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 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
12%
Jun 18, 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 | OBS Studio | The Sims™ 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 22,939 | 20,811 |
| 24-hour peak | 29,366 | 31,349 |
| 7-day average | 19,567 | 25,106 |
| 30-day average | 19,424 | 24,680 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 31,474 | 38,011 |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive | 86% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 54,276 | 197,041 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 20, 2022 | Jun 17, 2020 |
| Price | — | Free to play |
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| Month | OBS Studio | The Sims™ 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 21,233 | 25,327 |
| May 2026 | 19,580 | 29,952 | 24,881 | 38,011 |
| Jun 2026 | 19,294 | 31,474 | 24,019 | 36,305 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,351 | 30,480 | 24,894 | 37,376 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
OBS Studio currently has more players: 22,939 concurrent players on Steam vs 20,811 for The Sims™ 4 — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days OBS Studio averaged 19,424 concurrent players and The Sims™ 4 averaged 24,680. 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, OBS Studio rates higher: 95% positive across 54,276 reviews vs 86% across 197,041 for The Sims™ 4. OBS Studio has the larger player base right now (22,939 vs 20,811 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
OBS Studio averaged 19,424 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 31,474.
The Sims™ 4 averaged 24,680 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 38,011.