Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure / Casual games.
VRChat is currently the more played game: 51,016 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 31,147 for The Sims™ 4 — about 1.6× more players. The Sims™ 4 counters with better Steam reviews: 86% positive vs 75%. Across all tracked metrics, VRChat leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
VRChat has had the higher daily player count for the last 57 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
57
Current streak
57 days
VRChat
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
36%
Jul 15, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 57 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | The Sims™ 4 | VRChat |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 31,147 | 51,016 |
| 24-hour peak | 33,431 | 57,260 |
| 7-day average | 24,985 | 44,926 |
| 30-day average | 24,972 | 44,264 |
| 30-day trend | +4% | −4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 38,011 | 67,961 |
| Steam reviews | 86% positive | 75% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 72% positive |
| Total reviews | 197,391 | 265,555 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 17, 2020 | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | The Sims™ 4 | VRChat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 21,233 | 25,327 | 45,459 | 46,885 |
| May 2026 | 24,881 | 38,011 | 48,748 | 63,918 |
| Jun 2026 | 24,020 | 36,305 | 44,962 | 67,961 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 25,050 | 37,376 | 44,600 | 62,181 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
VRChat currently has more players: 51,016 concurrent players on Steam vs 31,147 for The Sims™ 4 — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days The Sims™ 4 averaged 24,972 concurrent players and VRChat averaged 44,264. By that measure VRChat is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: VRChat has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 57 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, The Sims™ 4 rates higher: 86% positive across 197,391 reviews vs 75% across 265,555 for VRChat. VRChat has the larger player base right now (51,016 vs 31,147 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
The Sims™ 4 averaged 24,972 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 38,011.
VRChat averaged 44,264 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 67,961.