Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure / Free To Play games.
VRChat is currently the more played game: 34,938 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 30,447 for tModLoader — a similar number of players. tModLoader counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 75%. Across all tracked metrics, VRChat leads 5 of 9.
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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 50 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
50
Current streak
50 days
VRChat
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
31%
Jul 15, 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 | tModLoader | VRChat |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 30,447 | 34,938 |
| 24-hour peak | 38,086 | 48,238 |
| 7-day average | 27,082 | 43,325 |
| 30-day average | 26,857 | 43,829 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | −5% |
| Peak (tracked) | 45,639 | 67,961 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 75% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 71% positive |
| Total reviews | 373,612 | 265,148 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | May 15, 2020 | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | tModLoader | VRChat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 45,459 | 46,885 |
| May 2026 | 27,063 | 44,468 | 48,748 | 63,918 |
| Jun 2026 | 25,855 | 45,639 | 44,965 | 67,961 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 27,154 | 42,804 | 43,465 | 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: 34,938 concurrent players on Steam vs 30,447 for tModLoader — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days tModLoader averaged 26,857 concurrent players and VRChat averaged 43,829. 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 50 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, tModLoader rates higher: 97% positive across 373,612 reviews vs 75% across 265,148 for VRChat. VRChat has the larger player base right now (34,938 vs 30,447 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
tModLoader averaged 26,857 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 45,639.
VRChat averaged 43,829 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 67,961.