The Game Census
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Blender

Blender Foundation · 2015-04-24

Steam

Animation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationVideo Production

Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. Free to use for everyone, for any purpose.

9,448
playing now
96%
positive of 92k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

9,448 players in-game as of 2026-09-16 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Thriving
  • · 9,448 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 11,310 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,414/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20182026Week of 2018-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 731 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 828 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 821 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 862 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 804 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,040 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 893 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,050 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 874 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 956 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,245 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,186 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 945 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,034 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,001 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 922 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 997 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 880 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 919 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,112 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,103 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,028 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 946 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 994 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,152 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,109 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,046 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,102 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,333 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,155 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,309 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,205 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,300 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,257 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,214 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,194 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,431 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,303 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,125 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,171 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,309 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,356 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,359 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,171 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,597 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,341 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,348 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,291 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,396 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,307 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,185 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,348 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,426 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,324 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,374 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,196 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,352 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,263 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,293 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,271 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,453 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,324 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 41 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9.6k02026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 9,609 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 9,255 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 9,448 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12k266Apr 2015Aug 2026Apr 2015 — avg 316 · peak 575Aug 2015 — avg 319 · peak 485Dec 2015 — avg 308 · peak 487Apr 2016 — avg 416 · peak 650Aug 2016 — avg 431 · peak 644Dec 2016 — avg 472 · peak 719Apr 2017 — avg 521 · peak 753Aug 2017 — avg 536 · peak 725Dec 2017 — avg 668 · peak 980Apr 2018 — avg 925 · peak 1,298Aug 2018 — avg 913 · peak 1,176Dec 2018 — avg 818 · peak 1,196Apr 2019 — avg 810 · peak 1,151Aug 2019 — avg 1,041 · peak 1,497Dec 2019 — avg 1,178 · peak 1,605Apr 2020 — avg 2,392 · peak 3,347Aug 2020 — avg 2,622 · peak 3,478Dec 2020 — avg 2,794 · peak 3,910Apr 2021 — avg 3,700 · peak 5,088Aug 2021 — avg 3,742 · peak 5,135Dec 2021 — avg 4,236 · peak 5,892Apr 2022 — avg 5,092 · peak 6,864Aug 2022 — avg 5,273 · peak 7,204Dec 2022 — avg 4,311 · peak 6,807Apr 2023 — avg 5,980 · peak 8,261Aug 2023 — avg 6,098 · peak 8,357Dec 2023 — avg 6,586 · peak 9,316Apr 2024 — avg 7,628 · peak 10,563Aug 2024 — avg 7,546 · peak 10,229Dec 2024 — avg 7,820 · peak 10,690Apr 2025 — avg 9,416 · peak 13,797Aug 2025 — avg 10,030 · peak 13,950Dec 2025 — avg 9,541 · peak 13,362Apr 2026 — avg 10,572 · peak 14,443Aug 2026 — avg 12,288 · peak 16,757
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinux

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2D3DPhysicsSandboxSoftware3D VisionDifficultGameMakerUtilitiesFree to Play

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.