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OBS Studio

OBS Project · 2022-03-21

Steam

UtilitiesVideo Production

Free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming

OBS Studio is a free-to-play Utilities, Video Production game released in 2022, with an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment (95% of 55806 reviews).

31,350
playing now
95%
positive of 57k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

31,350 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

OBS Studio is a free and open-source, cross-platform screencasting and live streaming software application. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux distributions, and FreeBSD. The OBS Project raises funds on Open Collective and Patreon.

Health check

Thriving
  • · 31,350 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 12,551 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,569/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20222026Week of 2022-03-01: 1,139 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 859 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 615 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 776 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,027 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,037 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 862 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,078 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,109 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,271 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,033 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 998 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,155 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,329 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,277 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,051 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,044 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,144 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,315 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,290 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,137 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,549 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,202 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,199 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,276 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,549 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,319 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,112 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,239 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,371 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,406 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,641 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,417 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,598 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,378 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,430 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,389 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,645 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

32k14k2026-08-06 16:00 — 29,560 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 19,333 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 17,774 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 28,016 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 15,711 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 22,427 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 21,111 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 14,307 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 27,813 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 17,728 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 16,511 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 28,992 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 14,608 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 24,588 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 21,067 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 14,776 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 29,228 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 17,039 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 16,599 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 30,227 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 14,244 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 21,978 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 21,406 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 14,067 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 29,536 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 18,387 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 18,239 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 29,227 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 13,843 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 22,724 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 22,068 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 14,841 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 28,254 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 19,248 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 15,666 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 31,734 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 16,583 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 23,460 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 25,405 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 31,350 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#56#642026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #622026-08-07 — #622026-08-08 — #622026-08-09 — #622026-08-10 — #622026-08-11 — #622026-08-12 — #592026-08-13 — #572026-08-14 — #572026-08-15 — #572026-08-16 — #572026-08-17 — #612026-08-18 — #582026-08-19 — #562026-08-20 — #562026-08-21 — #562026-08-22 — #572026-08-23 — #612026-08-24 — #642026-08-25 — #622026-08-26 — #602026-08-27 — #582026-08-28 — #572026-08-29 — #572026-08-30 — #58
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
59592026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 42 new positive2026-08-07: 1 new negative2026-08-08: 51 new positive2026-08-08: 2 new negative2026-08-09: 55 new positive2026-08-09: 1 new negative2026-08-10: 56 new positive2026-08-10: 2 new negative2026-08-12: 45 new positive2026-08-12: 3 new negative2026-08-14: 57 new positive2026-08-14: 5 new negative2026-08-15: 56 new positive2026-08-15: 2 new negative2026-08-16: 59 new positive2026-08-16: 2 new negative2026-08-17: 37 new positive2026-08-17: 2 new negative2026-08-18: 42 new positive2026-08-19: 51 new positive2026-08-19: 1 new negative2026-08-20: 39 new positive2026-08-20: 1 new negative2026-08-21: 53 new positive2026-08-22: 45 new positive2026-08-23: 53 new positive2026-08-23: 1 new negative2026-08-24: 41 new positive2026-08-24: 1 new negative2026-08-25: 44 new positive2026-08-25: 4 new negative2026-08-26: 51 new positive2026-08-26: 3 new negative2026-08-27: 59 new positive2026-08-28: 46 new positive2026-08-28: 4 new negative2026-08-29: 50 new positive2026-08-29: 2 new negative2026-08-30: 39 new positive2026-08-30: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

6613982026-05-28 — 601 pageviews2026-05-31 — 564 pageviews2026-06-03 — 607 pageviews2026-06-06 — 527 pageviews2026-06-09 — 625 pageviews2026-06-12 — 559 pageviews2026-06-15 — 602 pageviews2026-06-18 — 558 pageviews2026-06-21 — 475 pageviews2026-06-24 — 622 pageviews2026-06-27 — 529 pageviews2026-06-30 — 536 pageviews2026-07-03 — 528 pageviews2026-07-06 — 490 pageviews2026-07-09 — 586 pageviews2026-07-12 — 510 pageviews2026-07-15 — 571 pageviews2026-07-18 — 597 pageviews2026-07-21 — 622 pageviews2026-07-24 — 555 pageviews2026-07-27 — 592 pageviews2026-07-30 — 517 pageviews2026-08-02 — 497 pageviews2026-08-05 — 554 pageviews2026-08-08 — 405 pageviews2026-08-11 — 479 pageviews2026-08-14 — 418 pageviews2026-08-17 — 453 pageviews2026-08-20 — 439 pageviews2026-08-23 — 493 pageviews2026-08-25 — 454 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOS

40 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Where its players are

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

Census log

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

Recent updates