Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure / Free To Play games.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is currently the more played game: 140,304 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 49,790 for VRChat — about 3× more players. VRChat counters with better Steam reviews: 75% positive vs 60%. Across all tracked metrics, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS leads 9 of 10.
Coilr tracks charts like this for every game — and playtime history for your own library.
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS has had the higher daily player count for the last 55 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
55
Current streak
55 days
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
61%
Jul 19, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 55 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | VRChat |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 140,304 | 49,790 |
| 24-hour peak | 751,076 | 60,907 |
| 7-day average | 321,074 | 43,795 |
| 30-day average | 326,390 | 44,357 |
| 30-day trend | +9% | −3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 827,517 | 67,961 |
| Steam reviews | 60% positive | 75% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 75% positive | 72% positive |
| Total reviews | 2,733,142 | 265,555 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~100,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Dec 20, 2017 | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
Full stats: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS · VRChat · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | VRChat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 162,384 | 212,877 | 45,459 | 46,885 |
| May 2026 | 243,779 | 744,400 | 48,748 | 63,918 |
| Jun 2026 | 316,990 | 827,517 | 44,962 | 67,961 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 317,975 | 778,154 | 44,044 | 62,181 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS currently has more players: 140,304 concurrent players on Steam vs 49,790 for VRChat — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS averaged 326,390 concurrent players and VRChat averaged 44,357. By that measure PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 55 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, VRChat rates higher: 75% positive across 265,555 reviews vs 60% across 2,733,142 for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS has the larger player base right now (140,304 vs 49,790 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS averaged 326,390 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 827,517.
VRChat averaged 44,357 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 67,961.