Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
War Thunder is currently the more played game: 32,946 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 21,566 for tModLoader — about 1.5× more players. tModLoader counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 71%. Across all tracked metrics, War Thunder leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
War Thunder 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
War Thunder
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
31%
May 27, 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 | tModLoader | War Thunder |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 21,566 | 32,946 |
| 24-hour peak | 42,412 | 75,814 |
| 7-day average | 26,542 | 47,584 |
| 30-day average | 26,999 | 50,057 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | +4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 45,639 | 87,498 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 71% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 58% positive |
| Total reviews | 374,578 | 767,928 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | May 15, 2020 | Aug 14, 2013 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | tModLoader | War Thunder | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 36,359 | 48,046 |
| May 2026 | 27,063 | 44,468 | 45,258 | 81,132 |
| Jun 2026 | 25,861 | 45,639 | 49,204 | 87,498 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 27,135 | 42,804 | 49,334 | 81,938 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
War Thunder currently has more players: 32,946 concurrent players on Steam vs 21,566 for tModLoader — about 1.5× more players.
Over the last 30 days tModLoader averaged 26,999 concurrent players and War Thunder averaged 50,057. By that measure War Thunder is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: War Thunder 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, tModLoader rates higher: 97% positive across 374,578 reviews vs 71% across 767,928 for War Thunder. War Thunder has the larger player base right now (32,946 vs 21,566 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
tModLoader averaged 26,999 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 45,639.
War Thunder averaged 50,057 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 87,498.